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

Since the early 1990s, the number of skin cancer cases in the UK has more than doubled. Last year, the number of cases was ...

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

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

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

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

Personalised medicine, made possible through things like DNA testing, will form a big part the health secretary's new plan ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...