ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAll Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Planwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down125
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minus-squareuid0gid0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoThey do, there is a wide range of genetic tests done on newborns. Mostly looking for rare genetic diseases that need treatment from birth. https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Newborn-Genetic-Screening
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoAll children born in Sweden after 1975 have blood samples stored in a biobank. A bit scary tbh.
minus-squarejasondj@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey got the idea from Svalbard. In case of global catastrophe.
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They do, there is a wide range of genetic tests done on newborns. Mostly looking for rare genetic diseases that need treatment from birth. https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Newborn-Genetic-Screening
All children born in Sweden after 1975 have blood samples stored in a biobank. A bit scary tbh.
They got the idea from Svalbard. In case of global catastrophe.
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