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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Achieves Newborn Screening Mandate with Luminex Technology.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 09-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Implementation of xTAG(TM) Cystic Fibrosis Kit Completes Two-Year Effort to Identify 28 Genetic Diseases in Children More Quickly

OTTAWA & AUSTIN, Texas -- The Ontario Newborn Screening Program, located at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), has accomplished the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's mandate to screen all babies born in Ontario for 28 different rare genetic disorders. CHEO achieved this milestone on April 9, 2008 when it began offering genetic testing for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) using the xTAG[TM] Cystic Fibrosis Kit developed by Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX).

From 1978 through 2005, newborn screening in Ontario was virtually unchanged. In November 2005, the Ministry announced that it would be expanding newborn screening in the province and centralizing testing at CHEO in Ottawa. The Ontario Newborn Screening Program (ONSP) at CHEO was designed to ensure that all babies born in Ontario have access - from day one - to the most accurate and effective healthcare possible. As part of the program, blood samples from all babies born in Ontario are sent to the ONSP and screened for metabolic and genetic disorders including sickle cell anemia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and cystic fibrosis.

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