{"id":2562,"date":"2018-03-29T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/genetics\/berglab\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2018-03-29T10:16:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:16:35","slug":"we-often-hear-that-every-newborn-will-have-his-or-her-genome-sequenced-at-birth-in-order-to-guide-their-health-care-and-prevent-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/berglab\/we-often-hear-that-every-newborn-will-have-his-or-her-genome-sequenced-at-birth-in-order-to-guide-their-health-care-and-prevent-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"We often hear that every newborn will have his or her genome sequenced at birth in order to guide their health care and prevent disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/berglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2018\/03\/NCnexus-w-tagline-for-web-300x109.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/berglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2018\/03\/NCnexus-w-tagline-for-web-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/berglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2018\/03\/NCnexus-w-tagline-for-web-150x54.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/berglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2018\/03\/NCnexus-w-tagline-for-web.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>How can next-generation sequencing be most effectively employed to enhance current newborn screening?\u00a0 What types of genes and conditions should be sought in a healthy newborn?\u00a0 How should parents decide what information they would want to know or not to know?\u00a0 Are there certain types of information that should be withheld until the individual becomes an adult and chooses to know or not to know?\u00a0 We are exploring these issues and others in an NHGRI\/NICHD-funded U21 project called \u201cNC NEXUS\u201d led by myself and co-PI Dr. Cindy Powell from the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can next-generation sequencing be most effectively employed to enhance current newborn screening?\u00a0 What types of genes and conditions should be sought in a healthy newborn?\u00a0 How should parents decide what information they would want to know or not to know?\u00a0 Are there certain types of information that should be withheld until the individual becomes &hellip; 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