Abstract
The purpose of this presentation is to analyze the latest developments regarding scientific research on newborns and infants. Indeed, the problems regarding the conflict of interest between parents and medical personnel addressed in some of the best-known case laws of recent years are well known: such situations saw the parties involved in complete and mutual distrust. The issue that mount is how to overcome this crisis that harms first and foremost the child, whose best interest must be held in primary importance. In this regard, the question arises as to whether the implementation of mass screening programs could help solve such problems.