Parents welcoming a new baby into their family are no longer content to count fingers and toes to assess their infant’s state of health: In a recent research survey, nearly half said they would be “very” or “extremely” interested in having their newborn’s genome sequenced, and fully a third more pronounced themselves “somewhat” interested. Robert Green, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the study’s senior author. Alan Beggs, Sir Edwin and Lady Manton Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, co-directs the BabySeq Project.
