Current PCR-based target enrichment methods for next generation sequencing (NGS) of overlapping amplicons often requires separate PCR reactions and subsequent pooling of amplicons from the different reactions. The study presents a novel method, deemed stem-loop inhibition mediated amplification (SLIMamp), for amplifying overlapping or tiled amplicons in a single multiplex PCR reaction. During a...

Next-generation sequencing technologies, microarrays and advances in bio nanotechnology have had an enormous impact on research within a short time frame. This impact appears certain to increase further as many biomedical institutions are now acquiring these prevailing new technologies. Beyond conventional sampling of genome content, wide-ranging applications are rapidly evolving for next-gener...

hereditary motor sensory neuropathies (hsmn/cmt) is the most common form of inherited polyneuropathy and is typically associated with an insidious onset of muscle wasting, distal predominant motor and sensory loss. hsmn/cmt is usually presenting with genetic heterogeneity, leading to diagnostic considerations that are dramatically developing for this disease. clinical presentations, gene mutati...