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Baylor Genetics and Baylor College of Medicine Collaborate to Translate Cutting-Edge Research into Clinical Diagnostics

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Baylor Genetics and Baylor College of Medicine have established the Medical Genetics Multi-Omics Laboratory (MGML)
The lab's first clinical test, Whole Transcriptomic RNA Sequencing (WT RNAseq), is offered by Baylor Genetics to the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) and their affiliated institutions
The new test analyzes all RNA molecules expressed in skin cells and/or blood to identify disease-causing candidate genes that may be missed by the initial analysis of Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)

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Baylor Genetics and Baylor College of Medicine Collaborate to Translate Cutting-Edge Research into Clinical Diagnostics

Baylor Genetics and Baylor College of Medicine have established the Medical Genetics Multi-Omics Laboratory (MGML)

The lab's first clinical test, Whole Transcriptomic RNA Sequencing (WT RNAseq), is offered by Baylor Genetics to the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) and their affiliated institutions

The new test analyzes all RNA molecules expressed in skin cells and/or blood to identify disease-causing candidate genes that may be missed by the initial analysis of Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)