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Personalising whole genome sequencing doubles diagnosis of rare diseases 

Drug Discovery World

They subsequently applied additional bioinformatic approaches, using advanced computer technologies to identify genetic alterations in a patients’ DNA which may be causing disease but had been overlooked during routine testing. . It can also permit targeted screening of known disease complications and access to drug studies.

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Predictive diagnostics: closing the precision medicine gap

Drug Discovery World

Before drugs make it to market they have to pass through a gauntlet of stages involved in clinical trials. As such, patient selection for clinical trials has become an increasingly critical consideration for drug trial success.