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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.

As we learn more from the study and respond to emerging evidence and research, the list of conditions and gene changes we test for may change. Babies in the Generation Study will be tested for the conditions listed at the time they joined the study and will not be re-analysed if this list changes.

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: February 2025

Since early 2024, we have been reaching out to specialty clinical groups and patient organisations to consider any conditions that may require review or that have not been previously considered for inclusion in the study. These would need to meet our study’s four principles and follow the same approval process.

If you have any questions about the conditions tested in the study or wish to view previous versions of the list, please contact us via our Service Desk.

Conditions (M-O)

  1. MIRAGE syndrome (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    SAMD9 MIRAGE syndrome
  2. Mannose Phosphate Isomerase (MPI) - Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    MPI Mannose Phosphate Isomerase (MPI) - Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
  3. Maple Syrup Urine Disease (3 genes)
    Gene Condition
    BCKDHA Maple syrup urine disease, type Ia
    BCKDHB Maple syrup urine disease, type Ib
    DBT Maple syrup urine disease, type II
  4. Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    ACADM Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
  5. Megaloblastic anaemia (3 genes)
    Gene Condition
    SLC19A1 Folate dependent megaloblastic anaemia
    SLC19A2 Thiamine Repsonsive Megaloblastic Anaemia Syndrome
    DHFR Megaloblastic anaemia due to dihydrofolate reductase deficiency
  6. Metachromatic leukodystrophy (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    ARSA Metachromatic leukodystrophy
  7. Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    MTHFR Homocystinuria due to MTHFR deficiency
  8. Methylmalonic acidaemia and homocystinuria (4 genes)
    Gene Condition
    MMACHC Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblC type
    MMADHC Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblD type
    LMBRD1 Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblF type
    ABCD4 Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblJ type
  9. Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    DNAJC12 Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia
  10. Mitochondrial complex I deficiency, nuclear type 20 (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    ACAD9 Mitochondrial complex I deficiency, nuclear type 20
  11. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    IDUA Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I
  12. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    IDS Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II
  13. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    GALNS Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA
  14. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    ARSB Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI
  15. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    GUSB Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII
  16. Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (3 genes)
    Gene Condition
    ETFB Glutaric acidaemia type IIB
    ETFDH Glutaric acidaemia type IIC
    ETFA Glutaric acidaemia type IIA
  17. Multiple endocrine neoplasia II (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    RET Multiple endocrine neoplasia II
  18. Myoglobinuria (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    LPIN1 Myoglobinuria, acute recurrent
  19. N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    NAGS N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency
  20. NR5A1 related adrenocortical insufficiency (2 genes)
    Gene Condition
    NR5A1 NR5A1 associated adrenocortical insufficiency autosomal dominant
    NR5A1 NR5A1 associated adrenocortical insufficiency autosomal recessive
  21. Neonatal diabetes (7 genes)
    Gene Condition
    ABCC8 Diabetes mellitus, permanent neonatal 3, with or without neurologic features, autosomal recessive
    KCNJ11 Diabetes, permanent neonatal 2, with or without neurologic features
    GCK Diabetes mellitus, permanent neonatal 1
    INS Autosomal dominant diabetes mellitus, permanent neonatal 4
    INS Autosomal recessive diabetes mellitus, permanent neonatal 4
    GLIS3 Diabetes mellitus, neonatal, with congenital hypothyroidism
    NEUROD1 NEUROD1 related autosomal recessive neonatal diabetes
  22. Neonatal hyperparathyroidism (2 genes)
    Gene Condition
    CASR Neonatal hyperparathyroidism, Autosomal Recessive
    CASR Neonatal hyperparathyroidism, Autosomal Dominant
  23. Nephrotic syndrome with or without adrenal insufficency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    SGPL1 Nephrotic syndrome, type 14
  24. Neurodegeneration due to cerebral folate transport deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    FOLR1 Neurodegeneration due to cerebral folate transport deficiency
  25. New Entry (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
  26. Nijmegen breakage syndrome (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    NBN Nijmegen breakage syndrome
  27. OAS1 associated polymorphic autoinflammatory immunodeficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    OAS1 OAS1 related polymorphic autoinflammatory immunodeficiency
  28. OTOF related deafness (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    OTOF Auditory neuropathy, autosomal recessive, 1
  29. Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    OTC Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
  30. Orotic aciduria (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    UMPS Orotic aciduria
  31. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (12 genes)
    Gene Condition
    COL1A1 COL1A1 related Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    COL1A2 COL1A2 related Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    IFITM5 Osteogenesis Imperfecta type V
    BMP1 Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XIII
    FKBP10 Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XI
    KDELR2 Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XXI
    MESD Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XX
    SERPINF1 Osteogenesis imperfecta, type VI
    SERPINH1 Osteogenesis imperfecta, type X
    SPARC Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XVII
    TMEM38B Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XIV
    WNT1 Osteogenesis imperfecta, type XV
  32. Osteopetrosis (6 genes)
    Gene Condition
    TCIRG1 Osteopetrosis type 1
    CLCN7 Osteopetrosis type 4, autosomal recessive
    CLCN7 Osteopetrosis type 4, autosomal dominant
    TNFRSF11A Osteopetrosis type 7
    SNX10 Osteopetrosis type 8
    CA2 Osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis
  33. Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    LRP5 Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome
  34. Otofaciocervical syndrome (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    PAX1 Otofaciocervical syndrome 2