Voice of America: Rapid Genome Sequencing Potentially Saves Newborns' Lives Oct 9th 2012, 13:10 Voice of America | Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries | | Rapid Genome Sequencing Potentially Saves Newborns' Lives Oct 9th 2012, 11:40 Researchers have developed a powerful DNA-reading computer program that can diagnose potentially fatal genetic disorders in newborns in only two days, instead of the several weeks now required. The technology means that infants born with these disorders can receive immediate, life-saving treatment. Doctors know of at least 3,500 diseases caused by a single defective gene. Most of the newborns who wind up in neonatal intensive care units are critically ill with one of these genetic ... | | | | |
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