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Personalising whole genome sequencing doubles diagnosis of rare diseases 

Drug Discovery World

In 2018, the UK’s department of health announced an NHS Genomic Medicine Service, which allows patients with rare diseases to have their entire genetic code read in the hope of providing a much-needed diagnosis. It also detected potential disease-causing variants in a further 3.9% The study . of patients. .

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Searching for answers in rare epilepsy

pharmaphorum

Doctors were able to control the seizures, and Charlie’s daughter started to progress normally again, but a year and a half later she had another serious seizure at night. Everything the 100,000 Genomes Project does has to be rubber-stamped by the patients”. Luckily, we had a night vision camera in her room,” says Charlie. “If

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Searching for answers in rare epilepsy

pharmaphorum

Doctors were able to control the seizures, and Charlie’s daughter started to progress normally again, but a year and a half later she had another serious seizure at night. Everything the 100,000 Genomes Project does has to be rubber-stamped by the patients”. Luckily, we had a night vision camera in her room,” says Charlie. “If

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