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The Generation Study will be testing babies for changes in genes linked to more than 200 rare genetic conditions. 

These all meet a set of four principles that have guided our approach to choosing conditions. Find out more about our process. 

This list includes more than 200 individual conditions caused by genetic changes in around 500 different genes. The latest full list of conditions is provided in alphabetical order below. 

Current list publication date: May 2026.

If you have any questions about the conditions tested in the study or wish to view previous versions of the list, please contact us at [email protected].

Conditions (J-L)

  1. Kenny-Caffey syndrome, type 2 (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    FAM111A Kenny-Caffey syndrome, type 2
  2. LIG4 Syndrome (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    LIG4 LIG4 Syndrome
  3. Leptin deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    LEP Leptin deficiency
  4. Leptin receptor deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    LEPR Leptin receptor deficiency
  5. Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (2 genes)
    Gene Condition
    FERMT3 Leukocyte adhesion deficiency, type III
    ITGB2 Leukocyte adhesion deficiency, type I
  6. Lipid storage myopathy due to flavin adenine dinucleotide synthetase deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    FLAD1 Lipid storage myopathy due to flavin adenine dinucleotide synthetase deficiency
  7. Lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    STAR STAR deficiency (congenital lipoid hyperplasia)
  8. Long Chain Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, LCHAD (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    HADHA LCHAD deficiency
  9. Lymphoproliferative syndrome (4 genes)
    Gene Condition
    SH2D1A X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome 1
    XIAP X-Linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
    ITK Lymphoproliferative syndrome 1
    CD70 Lymphoproliferative syndrome 3
  10. Lysinuric protein intolerance (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    SLC7A7 Lysinuric protein intolerance
  11. Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    LIPA Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency