Gov Genome Project to Sequence DNA of All US Babies at Birth - Top US World News | Susanne Posel Daily Headlines and Research

Gov Genome Project to Sequence DNA of All US Babies at Birth - Top US World News | Susanne Posel Daily Headlines and Research:

 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has invested $25 million into a project to identify the DNA structure of American infants entitled the 2013 Genomic Sequencing and Newborn Screening Disorders (GSNSD) research program.

Funding for this project is provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).

The initial concerns of the GSNSD are the ethical, legal and social implications of using infant genetic information for scientific study.