BBC News August 27, 2026 • 11:28

Newborns to be tested for rare condition in trial - BBC

Newborns to be tested for rare condition in trial - BBC

The University of Oxford led study for SMA comes after a campaign by former Little Mix's Jesy Nelson.

The five-year study, led by Professor Laurent Servais, a paediatric neuromuscular disease specialist at the University of Oxford, will investigate whether adding SMA to the routine newborn blood spot… [+60 chars]

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