Currently, newborns in Australia are not screened for a range of genetic lysosomal storage diseases for which there are funded treatments, including Gaucher and Pompe disease, as well as genetic disorders like Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Babies are not even screened for many of these rare genetic diseases
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