New tools and approaches to newborn screening: ready to open Pandora's box?
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The landscape of newborn screening (NBS) is changing as new tools are developed. We must acknowledge that NBS is a very important and extraordinarily positive initiative especially for rare and serious inherited disorders; however, lessons learned from current NBS should guide the future of NBS as we enter the era of "omics" that will expand NBS for many other genetic disorders. In this article, I will first discuss new tools such as genomics and metabolomics for NBS. I will then turn to assessing how best to take advantage of new technical developments while considering the best interests of patients and the success of newborn screening.
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