Clinical Genome Sequencing Requires Better Standards for Accuracy, Completeness, NHGRI Team Says

Aug 24, 2011

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As human whole-genome sequencing transitions from research into clinical applications, better descriptions of the accuracy and completeness of a genome will be required, according to researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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