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DNA sequences of the babies will be stored to correlate or find a connection to adult-onset diseases or other genetically determined traits in the future.
UK health authorities on Tuesday announced a pioneering research program using the genomes of 100,000 newborn babies, to detect rare genetic illnesses and speed up their treatment.
The U.K.'s upcoming baby genome sequencing project plans to involve around 2,000 newborns! Will this benefit children?