The first new disease added to the federal uniform panel for newborn screening in nine years has direct ties to Wisconsin.
The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, which recommends policy to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, voted unanimously Thursday to add screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease â?? commonly known as bubble boy disease â?? to the core panel for screening of newborns in the United States.
The protocols used to screen for the disease were a collaborative effort between the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Childrenâ??s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.