Sentences with phrase «how whole genome sequencing»

The findings illustrate how whole genome sequencing for autism can provide additional medical guidance to individuals, families and their physicians, the investigators say.

Professor Ed Feil, joint lead author from the Milner Centre for Evolution, at the University of Bath, said: «We've developed user - friendly analysis software that demonstrates how whole genome sequence data can be a powerful tool for pan-European surveillance of MRSA and other important pathogens.

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«The use of whole genome sequencing and the sheer number of samples we collected gave us a detailed picture of how the var gene repertoire changes continuously within red blood cells.»

Prenatal whole - genome sequencing will provide volumes of information beyond the currently available tests for genetic disorders such as Down's syndrome or Tay - Sachs disease — assays that parents now use to decide how to respond to a pregnancy.

Together, all five RMs serve as a collection of well - characterized, whole genome standards that can tell a laboratory how well its DNA sequencing processes are working by measuring the performance of the equipment, chemistry and data analysis involved.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, 20 September 2017 — In a major study published today, researchers at deCODE genetics use whole - genome data from 14,000 people from across the population of Iceland, including 1500 sets of parents and children, to provide the most detailed portrait to date of how sequence diversity in humans is the result of an evolving interaction between sex, age, mutation type and location in the genome.

The findings of this study will provide valuable insight about how best to present information generated by whole genome sequencing to optimize patient care and minimize the unnecessary use of limited healthcare resources.

«People we've spoken with at Health Canada are delighted because they're grappling with whole exome / whole genome sequencing where you literally sequence a patient's genes and even one patent on one mutation could be enough to thwart the power of the test, so they've been happy with the result and looking at how it might affect them,» he says.