UNBS+and+Biotinidase

=Newborn screening is the process by which infants are screened shortly after birth for genetic disorders that are treatable, but difficult or impossible to detect clinically. Robert Guthrie developed the method of new born screening, he first started to look for phenylketonuria in small children.=

=They do it by taking a blood sample from the newly born infant.They extract blood from the heal and it is filtrated through a special paper that detects any disorders.=