Settegast, Sascha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6530-2809
Alex, Karla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7065-9201
Dikow, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4631-9829
Mütze, Ulrike https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4251-7257
Schnabel-Besson, Elena https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4342-1805
Doll, Elena Sophia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5118-6404
Mahal, Julia
Neth, Lars
Ditzen, Beate https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5853-4572
Kölker, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5188-9477
Müller-Terpitz, Ralf
Schaaf, Christian P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2148-7490
Winkler, Eva C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7460-0154
Funding for this research was provided by:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Article History
Received: 27 March 2025
Accepted: 16 July 2025
First Online: 2 September 2025
Declarations
:
: S. Settegast and E.C. Winkler are guest editors of the special issue: “Ethische Herausforderungen des genomischen Neugeborenen-Screenings—Ethical Issues in Genomic Newborn Screening” in which this article appears; they did not participate in the peer review process for it. E.C. Winkler is member of the scientific advisory board of the journal “Ethik in der Medizin”. K. Alex, N. Dikow, U. Mütze, E. Schnabel-Besson, E.S. Doll, J. Mahal, L. Neth, B. Ditzen, S. Kölker, R. Müller-Terpitz and C.P. Schaaf declare that they have no competing interests.
: For this article no studies with human participants or animals were performed by any of the authors. All studies mentioned were in accordance with the ethical standards indicated in each case.