Progress in expanding newborn screening in the United States

To the Editor: We read with interest the recent article by Kingsmore et  al., who suggest that universal newborn rapid whole-genome sequencing is attractive for “comprehensive” newborn screening (NBS).1 Existing US NBS programs are based on mandated routine testing of newborns; evidence-based decision-making processes exist for this testing.2 Whether policy makers also consider routine rapid whole-genome sequencing of newborns to be warranted may depend on the resolution of a number of evidentiary, ethical, legal, social, and economic issues.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - June 1, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Scott D. Grosse, Carla Cuthbert, Marcus Gaffney, Amy Gaviglio, Cynthia F. Hinton, Yvonne Kellar-Guenther, Alex R. Kemper, Sarah McKasson, Jelili Ojodu, Catharine Riley, Sikha Singh, Marci K. Sontag, Stuart K. Shapira Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research