Exome sequencing of newborns may not be as accurate as blood testing
Exome sequencing may not be as reliable as standard blood testing for identifying rare diseases in newborns...
Exome sequencing may not be as reliable as standard blood testing for identifying rare diseases in newborns...
Thirty-three genes associated with male infertility have been identified through a 'genomics-first' approach to understanding the condition...
The largest-ever study of cancer genomes, the Pan-Cancer Project, has published a collection of 23 papers as the result of a ten-year collaboration...
A new form of DNA testing that has the potential to rapidly diagnose rare diseases in critically ill babies and children has been made available on the NHS...
Researchers have identified a gene variant that increases the risk of depression, while elsewhere the largest genetic study testing for risk factors gets underway...
A recent large-scale study that discovered 83 rare genes related to human height reveals the power of so-called genome-wide association studies...
More than 3230 genes with the propensity to cause disease have been identified in an analysis of the largest exome dataset yet...
by Rachel Siden
Adding more genes to existing multi-gene panels that test for breast and ovarian cancer risk offers little clinical benefit, a study says...
Genetic-testing company Ambry Genetics has launched a huge database of cancer-patient genetics, freely available to the public...
A new blood test has been developed that can accurately detect all genes known to cause inherited heart conditions, say scientists...
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