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ReviewPharmacogenomics and personalized medicine2023

Are We Ready for Whole Population Genomic Sequencing of Asymptomatic Newborns?

Danya F Vears, Julian Savulescu, John Christodoulou, Meaghan Wall, Ainsley J Newson

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Review in Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Danya F VearsMurdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6290-545X
Julian SavulescuChen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
John ChristodoulouMurdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8431-0641
Meaghan WallVictorian Clinical Genetics Service, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9711-0705
Ainsley J NewsonFaculty of Medicine & Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Health Ethics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3460-772X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of genomic sequencing technologies into routine newborn screening programs in some form is not only inevitable but also already occurring in some settings. The question is therefore not "if" but "when and how" genomic newborn screening (GNBS) should be implemented. In April 2022, the Centre for Ethics of Paediatric Genomics held a one-day symposium exploring ethical issues relating to the use of genomic sequencing in a range of clinical settings. This review article synthesises the panel discussion and presents both the potential benefits of wide-scale implementation of genomic newborn screening, as well as its practical and ethical issues, including obtaining appropriate consent, and health system implications. A more in-depth understanding of the barriers associated with implementing genomic newborn screening is critical to the success of GNBS programs, both from a practical perspective and also in order to maintain public trust in an important public health initiative.

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bioethicsconsentgenomic sequencinginfants

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PMCPMC10321326

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