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From Genomics & Health Impact Scan Database

This database includes published scientific literature on evidence-based translation of genomic discoveries into improved health care and disease prevention that have a potential impact on population health.

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• Improving survival for children with sickle cell disease: newborn screening is only the first step.  
  McGann Patrick T et al. Paediatrics and international child health 2015 Nov 35(4) 285-6
• High cost effectiveness of newborn screening for sickle cell disease in resource-limited Angola.  
  Long Sarah S et al. The Journal of pediatrics 2015 Dec 167(6) 1179-82
• Cure for sickle cell in adults validated,  
  Science Daily, September 16, 2015
• Sickle cell disease: a neglected chronic disease of increasing global health importance.  
  Chakravorty Subarna, et al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2015 1 0. (1) 48-53
• Sickle cell in sickle cell disease in Latin America and the United States.  
  Huttle Alexandra, et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015 3 2.

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