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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