Researchers who believe genomics can transform human health love to recount success stories. They’ll tell you about the 3-month-old boy whose heart was failing until researchers pinpointed what was ailing him. Or the baby girl who could have had a life-threatening reaction to anesthesia had researchers not sequenced her DNA ahead of time.
Though they’re not listed in national statistics, single gene disorders may be the largest single cause of death in the first year of life, according to a new research paper from the Rady Genomics Institute in San Diego.
Rapid, Diagnostic Whole Genome Sequencing May Have Prevented Deaths in Some Cases
KGI: INNOVATION IN APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTHCARE PODCAST: In this episode, Dr. Stephen Kingsmore discusses reviewing the first 10 years of genome-informed healthcare for children and predicting the next 10 years.
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