Clinical exome sequencing in daily practice: 1,000 patients and beyond

Diagnostic clinical genome and exome sequencing.

From the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (L.G.B.); and the Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine — all in Boston (R.C.G.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Biesecker at 49 Convent Dr., Rm. 4A56, Bethesda, MD 20892-4472, or at lesb@ma...

Exome Sequencing – Research and Clinical Applications

Diagnostic Clinical Genome and Exome Sequencing

From the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (L.G.B.); and the Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine — all in Boston (R.C.G.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Biesecker at 49 Convent Dr., Rm. 4A56, Bethesda, MD 20892-4472, or at lesb@ma...

Clinical exome sequencing in neurologic disease.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The landscape of genetic diagnostic testing has changed dramatically with the introduction of next-generation clinical exome sequencing (CES), which provides an unbiased analysis of all protein-coding sequences in the roughly 21,000 genes in the human genome. Use of this testing, however, is currently limited in clinical neurologic practice by the lack of a framework for appro...

Patients' views on incidental findings from clinical exome sequencing

This article characterizes the opinions of patients and family members of patients undergoing clinical genomic-based testing regarding the return of incidental findings from these tests. Over sixteen months, we conducted 55 in-depth interviews with individuals to explore their preferences regarding which types of results they would like returned to them. Responses indicate a diversity of attitu...