Genetic Screening Plan for Newborns to Expand
From Times Wire Reports
Babies will be tested for 44 genetic diseases under an expansion of the state’s newborn screening program announced in Albany.
Infants are currently screened for 11 inherited and sometimes life-threatening disorders including cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and phenylketonuria.
Twenty disease tests will be added by the end of the year and another 13 during 2005, officials said.
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