This committee works to reduce morbidity and mortality in newborns and children who are at risk for heritable disorders by recommending a Uniform Screening Panel for newborn screening.
This amendment to the Public Health Code allows expansion of the newborn screening panel, a fee for testing, blood specimens to be used for medical research with proper consent and other newborn screening related topics.
This document contains background on genetics and special recommendations involving privacy, ownership, collection and use, discrimination, education, research, informed consent and telemedicine.
The Metabolic Clinic provides lifelong follow-up and treatment for individuals diagnosed with inborn errors of metabolism through newborn screening.
The NBS Endocrine Follow-Up Program is located at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Division of Endocrinology which coordinates follow-up for babies who test positive for congenital hypothyroidism and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
This public health program, required by Michigan Law, helps find babies with rare but serious medical conditions that require early treatment.
This overview of Michigan’s EHDI Program explains the process of identification, intervention, and follow-up for newborns with congenital hearing loss.
This manual from the Bureau of Laboratories at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was designed to assist in the proper collection and submission of specimens for genetic testing and the interpretation of results.
This website provides information about the effects of genetic variations on human health with details on genetic conditions, genes, and chromosomes.
Funding more CF research than any other organization, CFF is searching for a cure for cystic fibrosis.
