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March 18, 2025

Improving Clinical Diagnostics of Repeat Expansion Disorders with Combined Short and Long-Read WGS

See how our use of combined short and long-read WGS is improving diagnostic performance of testing for neurological disorders caused by repeat expansions.
May 21, 2024

Longer ZFHX3 repeat lengths correlate with earlier age of onset of SCA4

For years scientists believed they knew where the causal gene for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA4) could be found, but the identity...
July 28, 2023

PGx testing informs clinical management for cancer patients

Somatic testing of solid tumors has become the standard of care. Specific mutations in genes such as BRAF, EGFR, NTRK...
May 25, 2022

Spotlight on inherited ataxias

In its most basic form, ataxia is a neurological symptom. It’s defined specifically as a lack of muscle control or...
May 25, 2022

Spotlight on Fragile X syndrome

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common heritable forms of intellectual disability, occurring in approximately 1 in...
February 25, 2022

Jansen’s Story

Edited by Kyle W. Davis, CGC and Marimac Moore In honor of Rare Disease Day 2022, we want to introduce...
January 26, 2021

Unavoidable vs optional incidental findings: What you need to know

Given that genome sequencing has the potential to identify tens of thousands of variants in every patient sample tested, our...
October 30, 2020

FXN: What you need to know for Friedreich’s ataxia patients

It’s well known that FXN variants cause Friedreich’s ataxia – a progressive form of ataxia that usually affects individuals before 25 years...
September 17, 2020

Is WGS-based testing relevant for patients with suspected mitochondrial disease?

In short, yes! But let’s take a step back and start with what mitochondrial disease is. We have to start...
August 10, 2020

Get to know the genes behind epilepsy

We’ve previously looked at examples of the spectrum of genetic seizure disorders: ranging from syndromes where seizures are the only symptoms...