Kao Corporation has partnered with Healthcare Systems to launch Babywell Check, the first mail-in testing service using skin surface lipids-RNA monitoring technology to stably store and transport the genetic material collected from infant sebum.

The Babywell Check mail-in testing service affords parents a non-invasive method to collect sebum by applying oil blotting film to the child’s skin. The service is not intended to diagnose disease.

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