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Mar. 12, 2013

New Guidelines on Testing Kids’ DNA–the Cliff’s Notes Version

Posted at March 12, 2013 9:06 pm by Ricki Lewis

Exomes are big news. Sequencing of the protein-encoding part of the genome is increasingly solving medical mysteries in children. read more >

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