Jakarta Post : Researchers have found a technique to quickly assess disorders in babies. This method, published Wednesday in the magazine Science Translational Medicine, is a proof concept that it's possible to quickly scan a baby's entire DNA and pinpoint a disease-causing mutation in a couple of days instead of the more typical weeks as months. The study's investigators to four babies said the test could be one of the first practical fruits of the revolution is sequencing an individual's entire DNA.
The idea behind the test is to take advantage of what is known about disease symptoms to narrow the search of genetic aberration. And that is a good step in the right direction, said Dr. Jjoe Gray, an expert in gonome analysis at Oregon Health and Science University, "It's a big gonome," said Dr. Joey Gray, who was not involved with the study. "Hoe do you know what the part of it to search?"
While more research needs to be done before the test is ready for widespread use, he applauded the effort. "If people don't push the invelope like this, then we won't get here, Dr Joe Gray said
Jakarta Post : Researchers have found a technique to quickly assess disorders in babies. This method, published Wednesday in the magazine Science Translational Medicine, is a proof concept that it's possible to quickly scan a baby's entire DNA and pinpoint a disease-causing mutation in a couple of days instead of the more typical weeks as months. The study's investigators to four babies said the test could be one of the first practical fruits of the revolution is sequencing an individual's entire DNA.
The idea behind the test is to take advantage of what is known about disease symptoms to narrow the search of genetic aberration. And that is a good step in the right direction, said Dr. Jjoe Gray, an expert in gonome analysis at Oregon Health and Science University, "It's a big gonome," said Dr. Joey Gray, who was not involved with the study. "Hoe do you know what the part of it to search?"
While more research needs to be done before the test is ready for widespread use, he applauded the effort. "If people don't push the invelope like this, then we won't get here, Dr Joe Gray said