March 2014
Sequencing Genes Can Pinpoint Rare Illnesses. Might It Also Help With
Other Problems?
Families dealing with rare genetic disorders will be the first beneficiaries of genome sequencing. However, researchers say the technique may one day help find clues to such common conditions as heart disease and diabetes, which may also be triggered by rare mutations.
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- Simultaneous Characterisation of Somatic Events and HPV-18 Integration in a Metastatic Cervical Carcinoma Patient Using DNA and RNA Sequencing
- Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of LNCaP and C4-2B Prostate Cancer Cell Lines
- Smoking Dysregulates the Human Airway Basal Cell Transcriptome at COPD Risk Locus 19q13.2
- A Single Mutation in the GSTe2 Gene Allows Tracking of Metabolically-Based Insecticide Resistance in a Major Malaria Vector
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