Newborn Gene Sequencing: Expanding Early Detection of Treatable Diseases

Guest: Joshua Milner, M.D. <br> Guest: Eric Silver, M.D. <br> Guest: Steven Lobritto, M.D. <br> <p>On this episode of <i>Advances in Care</i>, host Erin Welsh explores the story behind the GUARDIAN study, where thousands of newborn babies have been screened against rare disease by sequencing their genes, and looking for more conditions than any of the current standard screening panels. First, she hears from Dr. Jordan Orange, Physician-in-Chief at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, about why genetic testing is a promising way of not only catching treatable rare diseases in infants, but also expanding health equity and medical resources to marginalized populations.</p> <p>Erin also hears from Dr. Josh Milner, a pediatric immunologist who treated a patient with a rare form of SCID, or severe combined immune deficiency, also known as bubble boy disease that was detected in the GUARDIAN screening panel. SCID is a disease that typical...