Results from more than 100 families with children affected by a broad range of neurologic and developmental disorders who underwent genomic testing to end their quest for a diagnosis, were published today in Science Translational ...
Dec 3, 2014
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Pioneering use of whole genome sequencing in real time to help control a hospital outbreak is reported in an article published in the open access journal Genome Medicine. The research corroborates the use of the technique ...
Nov 19, 2014
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Most Americans don't get the daily recommended amount of fiber in their diet, though research has shown that dietary fiber can cause a shift in the gut toward beneficial bacteria, reducing the risk of colon cancer, type 2 ...
Nov 18, 2014
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Think the reason some people live beyond the age of 100 is because of their genes? Think again.
Nov 12, 2014
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A research team led by scientists at the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) has used whole genome sequencing to identify a new genetic cause of a severe, rare and complex form of epilepsy that becomes evident ...
Nov 7, 2014
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Walter Gilbert won the Nobel Prize in 1980 in Chemistry for his contribution to sequence DNA, or "determination of base sequences in a nucleic acid". Mohit Kumar Jolly, researcher at Rice University and contributor to The ...
Sep 23, 2014
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As many as 10 percent of women with a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer have at least one genetic mutation that, if known, would prompt their doctors to recommend changes in their care, according to a ...
Apr 14, 2014
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Should whole-genome sequencing be used in the public-health programs that screen newborns for rare conditions? That question is likely to stir debate in coming years in many of the more-than-60 countries that provide newborn ...
Mar 26, 2014
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In a scientific first, the fusion of two genes, ALK and EML4, has been identified as the genetic driver in an aggressive type of thyroid cancer, according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Mar 19, 2014
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Whole-genome sequencing has been touted as a game-changer in personalized medicine. Clinicians can identify increases in disease risk for specific patients, as well as their responsiveness to certain drugs, by determining ...
Mar 11, 2014
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