Research suggests broad genetic tests could save lives
Courtney Chase, a nurse at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, listens to 4-year-old Brynn Schulte's heart before the girl gets an infusion of medication to treat a rare genetic bleeding disorder on Aug. 3, in Cincinnati. Brynn was diagnosed thanks to whole genome testing, which was recently shown to be nearly twice as good at finding genetic disorders in sick babies as more targeted tests. Her parents and doctors credit early diagnosis with saving her life.
(AP Photo/Laura Ungar)
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brynn Schulte nearly died twice when she was a baby, at one point needing emergency surgery for massive bleeding in her brain.
No one knew what was wrong until a test that looked at her full genetic blueprint found a rare bleeding disorder called factor XIII deficiency — an early diagnosis that saved her life...
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