University of British Columbia
Long-Read Sequencing Data Analysis Reveals Advanced Cancer Features
Researchers delved into data for 189 tumors sequenced in the "Long-Read Personalized OncoGenomics" project to ID complex structural variants and methylation marks, among other tumor insights.
Population Testing for BRCA1/2 Appears Cost-Effective in Younger Canadian Women
Using simulated data for 1 million women, researchers found that population-based BRCA1/2 testing would be cost-effective, particularly in 30-year-old women.
At the 2023 NSGC annual conference in Chicago, genetic counselors weighed how best to integrate their services into primary care.
Canadian Genomics Research Project Pointing Indigenous Rare Disease Patients Toward Diagnosis
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The Precision Diagnosis Study offers whole-genome sequencing to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit patients with suspected genetic conditions.
Silent Genomes Project to Address Genomic Medicine Disparities for Canadian Indigenous Communities
The project, presented last week at the annual AGBT meeting, hopes to establish a genomic research governance framework and to build a variant library with Indigenous communities.