Prof. Wolf Quoted in Boston Globe on Genome Sequencing in Newborns

Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in a Boston Globe article on whole genome sequencing in newborns. "A tangled debate centers on newborns' DNA" quotes Wolf on issues raised by newborn sequencing, including the fact that parents rather than newborns themselves are consenting. Genetic testing in children has historically been limited to testing that is of health importance before the child achieves the age of majority, allowing the child to make any further testing decisions later. Genome sequencing in newborns challenges this approach and raises difficult issues concerning return of results and incidental findings, the focus of multiple NIH-funded projects on which Wolf has served as Principal Investigator. She is currently writing a book on this topic funded by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award.