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A "simple" genetic test for newborns that will help to prevent deafness caused by a common antibiotic is to be rolled out across Scotland. Doctors often prescribe Gentamicin to babies showing signs of ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 amino acids. But certain groups of microbes have an expanded genetic code, in ...

The ‘simple and gentle’ test can return a result in just 26 minutes according to NHS Scotland (Joe Giddens/PA) A “simple” genetic test for newborn babies that will help prevent deafness caused by a ...

Newborn babies across Scotland will be given a “simple” genetic test to help prevent deafness caused by a common antibiotic, it has been announced. The test can show whether an infant is susceptible ...

A “simple” genetic test for newborn babies that will help prevent deafness caused by a common antibiotic is to be rolled out across Scotland, it has been announced. The test can show whether an infant ...

A US clinic is offering would-be parents the chance to select traits like height and intelligence to "genetically optimise" their future babies on top of the usual screenings for hereditary diseases.

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Two children with a rare genetic condition will live very different lives because one was tested at birth and the other was not, their parents say. Marley, five, and Meadow, four months, both have ...