clinical practice, genetics & genomics

Clinical analyses of patients’ gene sequences are helping to provide answers where none were available before.

The National Institutes of Health is funding six extramural medical centers to help identify the causes of mysterious diseases.

Considering “targeted therapeutics” in the face of intra-patient heterogeneity. 

Whole-genome sequencing in the clinic; blood-based biomarkers predict future cognitive problems; how some pain meds inhibit bacterial growth; ResearchGate launches Open Review

Consumers, patients, and study participants should be made aware of potential incidental findings, according to a federally-appointed bioethics panel.