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Concordance of Whole-Genome Long-Read Sequencing with Standard Clinical Testing for Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes Current clinical testing approaches for individuals with suspected imprinting disorders are complex, often requiring multiple tests performed in a stepwise manner to make a precise molecular diagnosis...

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Clinical Exome Sequencing: A Genetic Diagnostic Approach for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies. Authors from @upv.es and @ciberisciii.bsky.social

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Predicting Consanguinity Rates from Exome Sequencing Data in the Lebanese Population Consanguinity, prevalent in certain populations because of cultural and social factors, significantly increases the risk of genetic autosomal recessive disorders. In Lebanon, consanguineous marriages ...

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Dideoxy Sequencing Enhances Detection of KIT Mutations in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Initially Evaluated by Next-Generation Sequencing Hotspot Panels. Authors from @unmc.bsky.social

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Development and Validation of a Rapid Point-of-Care CYP2C19 Genotyping Platform Pharmacogenetic-guided prescribing can lead to more accurate medicine selection and dosing, improving patient outcomes and leading to better use of health care budgets. Loss-of-function variants in CY...

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Highly Sensitive Detection of Donor Chimerism by Next-Generation Sequencing. Authors from @monteeinsteinpath.bsky.social.

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Optical Genome Mapping versus Whole-Genome Sequencing in the Clinical Diagnosis of Gynecologic Mesenchymal Tumors. Authors from @ki.se and @cityofhope.bsky.social

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Enhanced Detection of EGFRvIII in Tumors: A Comparative Study of Split Read– and Read Depth–Based DNA Sequencing Approaches

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Validation and Performance of Quantitative BRCA1 and RAD51C Promoter Hypermethylation Testing in Breast and Ovarian Cancers Poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors represent a significant advancement in the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, an...

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A More Clinically Effective Long-Read Sequencing–Based Approach for Comprehensive Analysis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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Clinical Utility and Performance of Methylation-Specific Triplet-Primed PCR for Fragile X Syndrome Diagnosis.

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Harmonization of reporting for detection of ALK genetic alterations in neuroblastoma - a SIOPEN Biology study.

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Bridge Capture permits cost-efficient, rapid and sensitive molecular precision diagnostics. Authors from @utu.fi

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Preanalytical histology review improves POLE mutation detection in endometrial carcinomas. Authors from @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social.

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Validation of a Modular Gene Expression Assay for Risk Stratification and Subtyping Lymphomas. Authors from @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca

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