A new initiative is laying the groundwork to add severe combined immune deficiency disease (SCID) to the 47 existing screening parameters in Wisconsin’s newborn screening program. Several other states are expected to follow Wisconsin’s lead. SCID, often called "the bubble boy disease," is one of the most lethal primary immune deficiency diseases. The defining characteristic is usually a severe defect in both the T- and B-lymphocyte systems. Because physicians do not routinely perform a test in newborns to count white blood cells, early diagnosis of SCID is rare.

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February 2007 - Table of Contents

DTTR February 2007 (full PDF issue)

Siemens, GE Build Diagnostic Powerhouses

FDA to Hold Meeting on IVDMIA Draft Guidance

Pfizer Buys Diagnostic Rights for Genizon’s Disease Markers

New ACOG Guidelines Urge Earlier Screening for Down Syndrome

FDA Approves Ortho-Clinical’s Chagas Disease Screening Test

Initiative Seeks Routine SCID Screening for Newborns

Genomic Health Gets United, Aetna Reimbursement for Oncotype DX

Pharmacogenomics: Are Labs Believing the Hype?

JAMA Study Links Expanded Medicare Reimbursement With Increased Colon Cancer Screening, Earlier Diagnosis

Epigenomics Chooses New CEO, Contracts With Centocor for Cancer Biomarkers

Luminex to Buy Tm Bioscience for $37.9M

BD Closes on $350m TriPath Acquisition

IVD Stocks Rose 20% in 2006 Led by Immucor, Cholestech, Digene

Molecular Diagnostics: The Conference