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NIH Studies Universal Genome Sequencing At Birth

Posted by samzenpus on from the giant-book-that's-hidden-inside-you dept.

sciencehabit writes "In a few years, all new parents may go home from the hospital with not just a bundle of joy, but with something else—the complete sequence of their baby's DNA. A new research program funded at $25 million over 5 years by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will explore the promise—and ethical challenges—of sequencing every newborn's genome."

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  1. Re:No. by daniel.garcia.romero · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca