Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for ...

Currently, new parents are offered a blood spot test for their babies, normally when the child is five days old, to check ...

Rollout of the groundbreaking scheme will be bankrolled by a £650 million genomics investment and is part of the government's ...

Experts share their insights with The i Paper as the UK becomes home to the first major project looking to write human DNA ...

EVERY newborn baby in England will receive a fresh health test following a hefty £650million investment. The scheme will see ...

Reports suggest that within a decade, all babies could undergo whole genome sequencing as part of this drive. The investment ...

Under the new NHS plans, screening newborn babies for rare diseases will involve sequencing their complete DNA. This will happen by using blood samples from their umbilical cord, taken shortly after ...

All babies could have their DNA mapped to test for future illnesses under a plan unveiled by the government, it has been ...

Every baby in the UK will have their DNA tested under a new 10-year plan for the NHS. The whole-genome sequencing will screen ...

The investment is expected to support the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS Every baby’s DNA to be screened on the NHS under new plans Skip to main content ...

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Spanish National Cancer ...

Scheme is part of the government's 10-year plan for the NHS in England aimed at easing pressure on services. ... NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk. Image source, Getty Images.