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Opportunities and Challenges of Genomic Medicine

Genome sequencing - reading our complete set of DNA instructions - is a powerful tool for understanding and diagnosing disease, and has become integral to precision medicine, a movement to bring the…

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When A Traditional Autopsy Fails, DNA May Have the Answer

The unexpected death of a child is tragic under any circumstance, but it becomes even more so when the reason why is unknown. Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at the University…

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Invaders in Our DNA: Ancient Viruses Help Fight Today’s Infections

It may be unsettling to realize, but roughly eight percent of our DNA is viral in origin, meaning it came from infections our ancestors battled long ago. New research published in the journal Science…

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