The goal of clinical genomics is to provide a diagnosis for difficult-to-solve inherited and somatic disorders to enhance a personalized therapeutic approach. Unfortunately, despite costly and extensive testing only...read more
Category - Emerging technologies/applications
New, Precise, and Efficient DNA Sequencing Method May Lead to Easier Testing and Earlier Cancer Detection
The technique, created by Penn Medicine researchers, requires smaller DNA samples for testing and opens up potential new opportunities for next-generation diagnostics. June 15, 2023 PHILADELPHIA – Researchers from...read more
The Role of the Human Gut Microbiome in Alzheimer’s Disease Development
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), today is the most prevalent form of dementia afflicting more than 50 million people worldwide (Queiroz et al., 2022, Varesi et al., 2022), and with a doubling time of 20 years could easily...read more
The Cheap Genome Is Not Enough – We Need an “Accurate and Good Genome”
We may still be five Years out until We Can Sequence Everyone I had the chance to attend the Precision Medicine World Conference PMWC 2023 SV in the last couple of days. Some 2,000+ individuals from across the life...read more