Best practices for the analytical validation of clinical whole-genome sequencing intended for the diagnosis of germline disease

CR Marshall, S Chowdhury, RJ Taft, MS Lebo… - NPJ Genomic …, 2020 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has shown promise in becoming a first-tier diagnostic
test for patients with rare genetic disorders; however, standards addressing the definition …

Exome and genome sequencing for pediatric patients with congenital anomalies or intellectual disability: an evidence-based clinical guideline of the American …

K Manickam, MR McClain, LA Demmer, S Biswas… - Genetics in …, 2021 - nature.com
Purpose To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the use of exome and
genome sequencing (ES/GS) in the care of pediatric patients with one or more congenital …

Precision medicine in rare diseases: What is next?

B Tesi, C Boileau, KM Boycott… - Journal of Internal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular diagnostics is a cornerstone of modern precision medicine, broadly understood
as tailoring an individual's treatment, follow‐up, and care based on molecular data. In rare …

Integration of whole genome sequencing into a healthcare setting: high diagnostic rates across multiple clinical entities in 3219 rare disease patients

H Stranneheim, K Lagerstedt-Robinson… - Genome Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background We report the findings from 4437 individuals (3219 patients and 1218 relatives)
who have been analyzed by whole genome sequencing (WGS) at the Genomic Medicine …

Diagnostic genome sequencing improves diagnostic yield: a prospective single-centre study in 1000 patients with inherited eye diseases

N Weisschuh, P Mazzola, T Zuleger… - Journal of medical …, 2024 - jmg.bmj.com
Purpose Genome sequencing (GS) is expected to reduce the diagnostic gap in rare disease
genetics. We aimed to evaluate a scalable framework for genome-based analyses 'beyond …

Benchmarking germline CNV calling tools from exome sequencing data

V Gordeeva, E Sharova, K Babalyan, R Sultanov… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Whole-exome sequencing is an attractive alternative to microarray analysis because of the
low cost and potential ability to detect copy number variations (CNV) of various sizes (from 1 …

Implementing precision medicine in a regionally organized healthcare system in Sweden

T Fioretos, V Wirta, L Cavelier, E Berglund… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—An increasing number of precision medicine initiatives have been launched
worldwide, with Genomics England as the pioneering flagship project 1. Although some …

The cost-effectiveness of whole genome sequencing in neurodevelopmental disorders

H Runheim, M Pettersson, A Hammarsjö… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has the potential to be a comprehensive genetic test,
especially relevant for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, syndromes and …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequencing is a sensitive first-line test to diagnose individuals with intellectual disability

A Lindstrand, M Ek, M Kvarnung, BM Anderlid… - Genetics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and/or neurodevelopment disorders
(NDDs) are currently investigated with several different approaches in clinical genetic …

Comparison of the diagnostic yield of aCGH and genome-wide sequencing across different neurodevelopmental disorders

F Martinez-Granero, F Blanco-Kelly… - NPJ genomic …, 2021 - nature.com
Most consensus recommendations for the genetic diagnosis of neurodevelopmental
disorders (NDDs) do not include the use of next generation sequencing (NGS) and are still …