Christian Patrick Schaaf

Parental reactions to and preferences for genomic newborn screening in Germany: findings from a scenario-based survey experiment

Abstract Parental perspectives are central in ongoing debates about genomic newborn screening (gNBS). This study examined (expecting) parents’ interest in gNBS in Germany. We hypothesized that condition characteristics (actionability, genetic penetrance) and personal factors (e.g...

Molecular characterization of mismatch repair deficient tumors in young Jordanian patients

<title>Abstract</title> In Jordan, approximately 19% of colorectal carcinomas (CRCs) in patients younger than 45 years show mismatch repair deficiency (MMRD) by immunohistochemistry (IHC). MMRD in pediatric high-grade gliomas (HGG) and CRC in Jordan appears substantially more fre...