Perfect memories. Little ronnie got a heel prick after birth. His newborn blood filled six spots used to test babies for dozens of disorders. A couple days after. We got a call. They learned ronnies heel prick revealed a disorder known as the bubble boy disease. His first infection could have killed him. Instead he was rushed to ucsf where he received life saving gene therapy and where he met dr. Puck. I could never develop a newborn test if we had not had stored dry blood spots. Reporter it was the first using distracted dna from leftover blood spots from the newborn biobank. You see, doctors only need a few spots for the life saving genetic test. The rest becomes property of the state. California has been storing blood spots from every baby born here since 1983 and can now test newborns for more than 80 Rare Disorders thanks to Research Using the blood spots. California has amassed the largest stockpile of blood spots in the country. One of only a handful in the states that will stor
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