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Articles Tagged: VUS

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February 26, 2024

From Awareness to Action: Supporting Rare Disease Today and Everyday

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Catherine Schultz, Genetic Specialist II
For Rare Disease Day, a list of patient advocacy groups dedicated to raising awareness about rare diseases and the millions of individuals around the world…
Advocacy Group
Novel Genes
Patient Advocate
VUS
Whole Exome Sequencing
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February 23, 2024

Variant Interpretation in Real Time: Sometimes it Takes a Village

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Carrie Horton, Sr. Clinical Research Specialist – Oncology
Genetic counselors explain how a CDH1 variant was classified as likely pathogenic from VUS status.
Breast Cancer
Genetic Testing
RNA
Variant of Unknown Significance
VUS
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February 21, 2024

A GC’s Perspective on Lab Expertise: Getting Answers After Years of Uncertainty

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Meagan Farmer, MS, MBA, LCGC
Genetic counselor Kaitilin Stokes discusses hereditary cancer testing and resolving VUS in CDKN2! and APC genex.
Genetic Counselors
Genetic Testing
Hereditary Cancer
VUS
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January 30, 2024

Ambry Collaborations with GeneMatcher Help Further Disease Gene Discovery and Improve Diagnostic Rates

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Meghan Towne, Genetic Counselor, Reporting- Clinical Genomics
Meghan Towne discusses the partnership of diagnostic laboratories with GeneMatcher to contribute to gene-disease discovery.
Genetic Testing
Genetic Testing Accuracy
Mendelian diseases
VUS
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December 19, 2023

The Path to Clinical Relevance: What a Study on RAD51C Reveals about Resolving VUS

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Marcy Richardson, Variant Assessment Scientist, Ambry Genetics
Marcy Richardson, PhD discusses variant interpretation, VUS, and recategorizing missense genes with an example from Hu et al’s recent publication on RAD51C.
Genetic Testing
Genetic Testing Accuracy
PALB2
RAD51D
Variant of Unknown Significance
VUS
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August 21, 2018

Science In 60: Tumor Characteristics Provide Evidence for Mismatch Repair Variant Pathogenicity

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Shuwei Li, Principal Statistical Geneticist
Tumor Characteristics Provide Evidence for Mismatch Repair Variant Pathogenicity By Shuwei Li, Sr. Statistical Geneticist I
Science in 60
VUS