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Expanded newborn screening using genome sequencing for early actionable conditions

The GUARDIAN (Genomic Uniform-screening Against Rare Diseases In All Newborns) study offers genomic newborn screening to babies born in 6 New York City hospitals, expanding the number of conditions screened by traditional newborn screening methods. Of the first 4,000 newborns enrolled, 3.7% had positive screenings. The majority of those would not have been picked up by traditional newborn screening today.

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