Show Notes
This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 41.
Song title: Worth the Test
Original Base by Base episode: 41: Valuing Genomic Newborn Screening: Australian Public Preferences
Article metadata:
Article title: Public preferences for the value and implementation of genomic newborn screening: Insights from two discrete choice experiments in Australia
Journal: The American Journal of Human Genetics
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.05.001
Reference: Peters R., Best S., Lynch F., et al. Public preferences for the value and implementation of genomic newborn screening: Insights from two discrete choice experiments in Australia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 112:1–13, July 3, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.05.001
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Under bright screens in the early-morning hush,
A tiny heartbeat, a brand-new start.
We ask the hard questions before we rush:
What’s worth knowing, and who decides the part?
Pre-Chorus
If the answer comes with a price and a weight,
We want it clear, we want it straight.
Truth matters most when the clock is new—
Make it accurate, make it true.
Chorus
Let it be worth the test, worth the time, worth the cost,
Find the hidden chapters we might have lost.
But don’t sell fear when there’s no way through—
Choose what helps, choose what’s true.
Yeah, make it worth the test.
Verse 2
Give us the facts from a steady voice,
Not a flood of maybes in the hall.
Let consent be a real choice,
And save the specialists for the highest call.
Bridge
Because a number isn’t just a line,
It’s a family’s night, it’s a lifetime.
More answers, yes—when they can lead somewhere,
Less noise, less doubt in the air.
Final Chorus
Let it be worth the test, worth the time, worth the cost,
Precision and purpose—never crossed.
Bring the high-chance truth into the light,
With the right hands, at the right time.
Yeah, make it worth the test—
For every first breath, for every new life.
