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Rice U. Students Design Congenital Hypothyroidism Test for Newborns
May 09, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, May 9 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release:

For newborns with congenital hypothyroidism, early diagnosis spells the difference between a normal, healthy life and lifelong disability.

After learning about the heavy toll the disease takes on children born in parts of the world where testing is limited or absent, a team of Rice University students came together to develop a low-cost screening tool that can detect abnormally high thy . . .

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