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Media coverage
Title Quick DNA test that could save newborns from deafness: NHS to trial exam which identifies babies at risk of losing their hearing if given a common antibiotic Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 12/02/19 Description Hospitals in Manchester and Liverpool will carry out the trial on 1,000 babies over six months. So far, it has proven to be 100 per cent accurate. Trial leader Professor William Newman, of Manchester University, said: ‘We have shown that this test works. Now we are seeing if we can integrate it into the NHS.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6697075/Quick-DNA-test-save-newborns-deafness.htmlURL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6697075/Quick-DNA-test-save-newborns-deafness.html Persons William Newman
Keywords
- hearing
- genetics
- deafness
- child health
- health screening