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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 (S-U)

  1. SCID (16 genes)
    Gene Condition
    ADA Severe combined immunodeficiency due to ADA deficiency
    IL2RG SCID X-Linked
    JAK3 JAK3 related T cell-negative, B cell-positive, natural killer cell-negative severe combined immunodeficiency
    NHEJ1 Severe combined immunodeficiency with microcephaly, growth retardation, and sensitivity to ionizing radiation
    IL7R Immunodeficiency 104, severe combined
    PTPRC Immunodeficiency 105, severe combined
    RAG1 RAG1 related severe combined immunodeficiency, B cell-negative
    RAG2 RAG2 related severe combined immunodeficiency, B cell-negative
    DCLRE1C Severe combined immunodeficiency with sensitivity to ionising radiation
    CD3D Immunodeficiency 19, severe combined
    CD3E Immunodeficiency 18
    CD3G Immunodeficiency 17, CD3 gamma deficient
    CD247 Immunodeficiency 25, severe combined
    AK2 Reticular Dysgenesis
    CORO1A Immunodeficiency 8
    ZAP70 Immunodeficiency 48, severe combined
  2. SCOT deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    OXCT1 Succinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid CoA transferase (SCOT) deficiency
  3. Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (4 genes)
    Gene Condition
    SBDS Shwachman-Diamond syndrome 1
    EFL1 Shwachman-Diamond syndrome 2
    DNAJC21 DNAJC21 related Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
    SRP54 SRP54 related Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
  4. Sickle Cell Disease (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    HBB Sickle Cell Disease
  5. Specific complement deficiency (11 genes)
    Gene Condition
    CFH Complement factor H deficiency Autosomal recessive
    CFI Complement factor I deficiency
    C3 C3 deficiency
    C2 C2 deficiency
    C5 C5 deficiency
    C7 C7 deficiency
    C8A C8 deficiency, type I
    C8B C8 deficiency, type II
    C6 C6 deficiency
    C9 C9 deficiency
    CFD Complement factor D deficiency
  6. Specific granule deficiency (2 genes)
    Gene Condition
    SMARCD2 Specific granule deficiency 2
    CEBPE Specific granule deficiency 1
  7. Spinal muscular atrophy (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    SMN1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  8. Thiamine metabolism dysfunction syndrome 2 (biotin- or thiamine-responsive encephalopathy type 2) (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    SLC19A3 Sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter deficiency
  9. Thiamine metabolism dysfunction syndrome 5 (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    TPK1 Thiamine Pyrophosphokinase Deficiency
  10. Thyroid hormone resistance (2 genes)
    Gene Condition
    THRB Thyroid hormone resistance, autosomal dominant
    THRB Thyroid hormone resistance, autosomal recessive
  11. Transcobalamin II deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    TCN2 Transcobalamin II deficiency
  12. Trichohepatoenteric syndrome (2 genes)
    Gene Condition
    SKIC3 Trichohepatoenteric syndrome 1
    SKIC2 Trichohepatoenteric syndrome 2
  13. Trifunctional protein deficiency (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    HADHB Mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency 2
  14. Tyrosinaemia, type I (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    FAH Tyrosinemia, type I
  15. Tyrosinaemia, type II (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    TAT Tyrosinemia, type II
  16. Uridine-responsive epileptic encephalopathy (1 gene)
    Gene Condition
    CAD Uridine-responsive epileptic encephalopathy