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“Exome” hasn’t yet entered the normal lexicon, like genome has. Yesterday, for example, I wore my clinical exome T-shirt from Ambry Genetics to Zumba class, and a woman came up and peered at my chest. “What the heck is that? What … Continue reading
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Posted by in Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Mercy: Kansas City, dna, exome, Genome, MD, Robert Marion MD, Sarah Soden
In recent weeks, there’s been talk of three types of genetic testing transitioning from targeted populations to the general public: carrier screens for recessive diseases, tests for BRCA mutations, and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to spot extra chromosomes in fetuses …
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