The Minnesota Department of Health – Public Health Laboratory and the Minnesota Laboratory System has posted a message on their website to update laboratories on the addition of SCID to their newborn screening panels. Beginning with samples received on January 7, 2013, all newborn screening blood spots taken have been tested for SCID!
You can read the lab alert at http://www.health.state.mn.us/mls/LabAlerts/130110MLSSCIDUpdate.pdf
To learn more about the Ernstige gecombineerde immunodeficiëntie pasgeborene Campaign and how you can get involved in your own state, check out the website: http://primaryimmune.org/patients-and-families/idf-scid-initiative/idf-scid-newborn-screening-campaign
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