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Illumina's ExpansionHunter Software Shows Clinical Promise for STR Expansions

Oct 28, 2020
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Andrew P. Han
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NEW YORK – Illumina's in-house CLIA lab has validated the use of its ExpansionHunter software to diagnose rare diseases caused by short tandem repeat (STR) expansions as part of its clinical whole-genome sequencing assay.

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