National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center
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Mothers, Babies, and DNA

 

 

Links of Special Interest

Papers and Reports--------------------------------------

SACGHS Report: Oversight of Genetic Testing (2008)

ACT Sheets (ACMG)

ACMG Newborn Screening Report (2006)                                 - Executive Summary                     

Fact Sheets PDF icon symbol and Introduction PDF icon symbol (AAP)

AAP Blueprint for Newborn Screening (2000)                          - Executive Summary

Screening Programs------------------------------------

US Newborn Screening Programs (clickable map)

US Genetics Programs (clickable map)

Regional Collaboratives (clickable map)

NBS Program Contact Information PDF icon symbol

Conditions screened by US programs                 HTML,  MS-Word,  PDF PDF icon symbol                                            Maps of conditions screened (MOD) 

Conditions screened by Canadian programs
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Welcome to the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center web site: GeNeS-R-US, (Genetic and Newborn Screening Resource Center of the United States).

The National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC) is a cooperative agreement between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Genetic Services Branch and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), Department of Pediatrics.

We provide information and resources in the area of newborn screening and genetics to benefit health professionals, the public health community, consumers and government officials.   

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Related Links-----------------------------------

Brochure for Parents: Model developed for state use based on parent focus groups

Brochure for Providers: Model developed for state use based on provider focus groups

Laboratory Services: Additional non-state newborn screening laboratory services

ACHDGDNC: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children

SACGHS: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics,Health and Society

NNSIS:
National Newborn Screening Information System

PEAS: Performance Evaluation and Assessment Scheme

 

 

Site updated May 6, 2008

Contact Colleen Buechner with questions or comments concerning the website. buechner@uthscsa.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center : 1912 W. Anderson Lane, Ste. 210 : Austin, TX  78757 :
( 512) 454-6419
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