The idea of screening babies for genetic diseases is being considered all round the world. But some parents don't want to know about their child's future until they're an adult. And there are concerns that knowing a child will die very early on can ruin first few years of life with them.
War and blockades in Ukraine are the largest but far from the only problems squeezing the global food system—and with prices already way up, a
catastrophe of hunger looms. The prospect of whole-genome screening for newborns opens up many opportunities to avoid or treat disease, and many
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