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At an AMP virtual meeting workshop, a Mayo Clinic lab director offered advice on what diseases to include, how to handle VUSs, and other considerations for ECS.
The researchers reported correcting beta thalassemia in a mouse model via a gene editing method delivered by an intravenous injection.
Chinese Group Develops Multicolor Melt Curve Test for Non-Deletional Alpha-Thalassemia Mutations
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The test uses multicolor high-resolution melt analysis to detect mutations that lead to a potentially fatal blood disorder particularly common in Asian populations.
Veritas Genetics Establishing Asian R&D Center
The center, based in China, will focus on developing products targeting genetic conditions common in Asian populations.
The group is testing its 42-gene panel on 1,100 individuals, and says it could be better at identifying population-specific variants than current blood typing methods.
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