New Molecular Genetics

By SOFT | March 13, 2012

New Molecular Diagnostic Methods in Genetics Workshop Presentation From the 2010 SOFT Conference in Sioux Falls Presenter: Patricia Crotwell, Ph.D. There have been advances in genetic testing in which small deletions that the microscope through previous methods could not pick up are now detected. An important advance is a matrix which has 2.7 MSNP, microsnips…

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Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13 and Related Disorder Syndromes

By SOFT | March 3, 2012

Workshop Presentation from the 2011 SOFT Conference in Chicago Presenters: Dr. John Carey and Dr. Jeannette Israel This genetic syndrome overview workshop was presented by Dr. Carey and Dr. Israel, with Dr. Carey presenting some quick genetics of chromosomes, then covering the basics of trisomy 18. Dr. Israel focused on trisomy 13, including translocations, and…

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