At its 11/24/08 meeting, the committee reviewed the nomination of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to be added to the Newborn Screening “uniform” panel. The committee adopted the recommendation of the Internal Nomination and Prioritization Workgroup: “The Internal Nomination and Prioritization Workgroup \recommends no evidence review at this time and further recommends a nominator to conduct prospective pilot studies in one or more traditional public health laboratories…” ACHDNC meeting summaries are available on the committee’s website, http://www.hrsa.gov/heritabledisorderscommittee/meetings/default.htm

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