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Recent News
Screening Aimed to Advance Public Health Outcomes for Newborns
RTI Blog
May 2023
Baby First at UNC to Receive Gene Therapy for SMA, Thanks to Early Check Newborn Screening
UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom
July 2021
Research Triangle study may help save children's lives
WRAL
June 2021
Three Babies with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Have Bright Futures Thanks in Part to North Carolina’s Early Check Program
RTI
March 2021
New Paper: A Voluntary Statewide Newborn Screening Pilot for SMA: Results from Early Check
International Journal of Neonatal Screening
March 2021
NC study offers new parents head start in identifying rare diseases
WRAL
March 2020
New Paper Describes Method for Detecting Fragile X
RTI
March 2020
Fragile X Added to Newborn Screening in North Carolina Through New Study
Fragile X News Today
October 2018
You can get your baby tested for two rare genetic disorders — for free
The News & Observer
October 2018
New NC-Based Study to Advance Research Through Free and Expanded Health Screening for Newborn Babies
RTI International
October 2018
Generating Evidence to Inform Newborn Screening for Rare Disorders
Presentation at Duke Genomic and Precision Medicine Forum
April 2018
CTSA Program Investigators Collaborate to Enhance Newborn Screening
National Institutes of Health
June 2017
Advancing Research through Expanded Newborn Screening
RTI International
January 2017
Rationale and Progress Toward a Voluntary Newborn Screening Program
Newborn Screening Translational Research Network Meeting
September 2015
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Katerina S. Kucera, Jennifer L. Taylor, Veronica R. Robles, Kristin Clinard, Brooke Migliore, Beth Lincoln Boyea, Katherine C. Okoniewski, Martin Duparc, Catherine W. Rehder, Scott M. Shone, Zheng Fan, Melissa Raspa, Holly L. Peay, Anne C. Wheeler, Cynthia M. Powell, Donald B. Bailey, Jr. and Lisa M. Gehtland. A Voluntary Statewide Newborn Screening Pilot for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Results from Early Check. International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2021 Mar 21;7(1):20.
- Stacey Lee, Jennifer L. Taylor, Charles Redmond, Andrew G. Hadd, Jon A. Kemppainen, Brian C. Haynes, Scott Shone, Donald B. Bailey Jr., Gary J. Latham. Validation of Fragile X Screening in the Newborn Population Using a Fit-for-Purpose FMR1 PCR Assay System. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2020, Pages 346-354
- Bailey, D. B., Berry-Kravis, E., Gane, L. W., Guarda, S., Hagerman, R., Powell, C. M., Tassone, F., & Wheeler, A. (2017). Fragile X newborn screening: lessons learned from a multisite screening study. Pediatrics, 139(Suppl 3), S216-S225.
- Bailey, D. B. & Gehtland, L. (2015). Newborn screening: Evolving challenges in an era of rapid discovery. JAMA, 313(15), 1511-1512.
- Paquin, R. S., Peay, H. L., Gehtland, L. M., Lewis, M., & Bailey, D. B. (2016). Parental intentions to enroll children in a voluntary expanded newborn screening program. Social Science & Medicine, 166, 17-24. Epub 2016 Jul 29.