Sunday 19 October 2014

Single Mutation Causing Rare Disorders Pinpointed in New Test That Scans All Genes

When Calvin did not roll over or crawl by 10 months and suffered chronic digestive problems, his mother Audrey Lapidus grew worried. Four neurologists dismissed his symptoms and a battery of tests proved inconclusive. Desperate for answers, Audrey and her husband agreed to have their son become UCLA's first patient to undergo a powerful new test called exome sequencing. Using DNA collected from Calvin's and his parents' blood, a sophisticated sequencing ...

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