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The importance of newborn screening | Peter Attia & Wendy Chung — Whalespan

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The importance of newborn screening | Peter Attia & Wendy Chung

Peter Attia12m · 2023-09-01

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✓Well SupportedDNA sequencing costs have decreased to below $1,000 and are expected to continue falling.✓Well SupportedBabies identified with SMA within the first one to two weeks of life can receive a one-time gene therapy infusion leading to significantly improved life outcomes.◐Partially SupportedGenomic sequencing can identify treatable conditions like Wilson's disease, SCID, and achondroplasia.◐Partially SupportedSpinal muscular atrophy was the most common genetic cause of death for children under two years of age before treatments were available.Partially Supported

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The initial cost of sequencing for newborn screening for 250 conditions was around $1,000 per baby.

◐Partially SupportedThe current enhanced newborn screening initiative is not funded by the NIH due to its cost being two orders of magnitude larger than typical NIH-funded programs.

◐Partially SupportedEnhanced newborn screening can identify conditions earlier, allowing intervention a decade sooner to prevent bodily damage.

◐Partially SupportedGenomic sequencing added to newborn screening identified a baby with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) who was missed by traditional screening.

◐Partially SupportedTraditional newborn screening can be improved by adding genomic sequencing.

◐Partially SupportedSMA has been added to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel for newborns in the United States, with four million babies screened annually.