Current Paediatrics
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 216-220, June 2006

Ethics of newborn screening

Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK

Summary 

Newborn screening for phenylketonuria has been available since the early 1960s. Advances in technology such as the introduction of tandem mass spectrometry have increased the number of conditions we are now able to screen for. More recently the possibility of genetic profiling of the newborn has been raised. This article looks at these changes and discusses some of the ethical issues that they raise.

Keywords: Newborn, Screening, Guthrie, Metabolic, Genetic

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PII: S0957-5839(06)00038-8

doi:10.1016/j.cupe.2006.03.002

Current Paediatrics
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 216-220, June 2006

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