Navigating ethical, legal and social implications in genomic newborn screening

[en] The implementation of genomic newborn screening (gNBS) poses myriad ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) that require a public health ethics framework. Policy tools are needed to aid gNBS implementers in navigating key strategic ELSI questions to optimize implementation and realize the benefits of gNBS.

Disciplines :

Pediatrics

Author, co-author :

Lewis, Anna C. F.

Brown, Gemma

Ahmed, Arzoo

Afolabi, Mutiat

Bedeker, Anja

Boemer, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie médicale

Chaudhari, Bimal

Christodoulou, John

Dai, Ziyi

Etheredge, Harriet

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Language :

English

Title :

Navigating ethical, legal and social implications in genomic newborn screening

Publication date :

2026

Journal title :

Nature Reviews. Genetics

ISSN :

1471-0056

eISSN :

1471-0064

Publisher :

Nature Publishing Group, Gb

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Issue :

Pages :

265 - 266

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-026-00936-4

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since 26 March 2026

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