England's Generation Study plans to sequence 100,000 babies' DNA for disease screening and research
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The Economist
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The article discusses the Generation Study in England, a programme that plans to sequence the complete genetic code of 100,000 babies to screen for genetic diseases and boost medical research. It uses the case of Freddie, a baby diagnosed early with retinoblastoma thanks to the programme, as an example. Similar trials are underway in America and Australia.
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· 3 pulledShortly after Freddie was born in April 2025, he was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer.
Freddie is part of the Generation Study, an English programme which plans to sequence the complete genetic code of 100,000 babies.
The idea is both to screen them for genetic diseases and to use the collected genomic data to boost medical research in future.
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