Jan 30, 2015
In the last year, multiple clinical studies have shown the diagnosti c power of testing a patient's exome. Clinical exome testing is now available at over a dozen clinical laboratories in the US , and has been performed for thousands of patients.
Jan 26, 2015
Next generation sequencing (NGS)13 technology, also known as massively parallel sequencing (MPS), is being incorporated rapidly to clinical laboratory testing. Current applications include detection of germline variants in inherited diseases, somatic variants in cancers, subpopulations of circulating cell-free DNA, and...
Jan 13, 2015
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Jan 12, 2015
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder characterized by increased plasma concentrations of low density lipoprotein cholesterol and premature symptoms of coronary heart disease. Early identification of at-risk individuals allows changes in lifestyle including dietary intervention and drug treatment. In the...
Jan 12, 2015
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