Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health
Author(s) -
Jonathan S. Berg,
Pankaj B. Agrawal,
Donald B. Bailey,
Alan H. Beggs,
Steven E. Brenner,
Amy Brower,
Julie A. Cakici,
Özge Ceyhan-Birsoy,
Kee Chan,
Flavia Chen,
Robert J. Currier,
Dmitry Dukhovny,
Robert C. Green,
Julie Harris-Wai,
Ingrid A. Holm,
Brenda Iglesias,
Galen Joseph,
Stephen F. Kingsmore,
Barbara A. Koenig,
PuiYan Kwok,
John D. Lantos,
Steven J. Leeder,
Megan A. Lewis,
Amy L. McGuire,
Laura V. Milko,
Sean D. Mooney,
Richard B. Parad,
Stacey Pereira,
Joshua E. Petrikin,
Bradford C. Powell,
Cynthia M. Powell,
Jennifer M. Puck,
Heidi L. Rehm,
Neil Risch,
Myra I. Roche,
Joseph T.C. Shieh,
Narayanan Veeraraghavan,
Michael S. Watson,
Laurel K. Willig,
Timothy W. Yu,
Tiina K. Urv,
Anastasia L. Wise
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-2252
Subject(s) - medicine , genomic sequencing , genomic medicine , dna sequencing , whole genome sequencing , genomics , personalized medicine , public health , precision medicine , newborn screening , genome , computational biology , genetics , pediatrics , biology , pathology , gene
The rapid development of genomic sequencing technologies has decreased the cost of genetic analysis to the extent that it seems plausible that genome-scale sequencing could have widespread availability in pediatric care. Genomic sequencing provides a powerful diagnostic modality for patients who manifest symptoms of monogenic disease and an opportunity to detect health conditions before their development. However, many technical, clinical, ethical, and societal challenges should be addressed before such technology is widely deployed in pediatric practice. This article provides an overview of the Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health Consortium, which is investigating the application of genome-scale sequencing in newborns for both diagnosis and screening.
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