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ReviewAmerican journal of human genetics2009

Massively parallel sequencing: the next big thing in genetic medicine.

Tracy Tucker, Marco Marra, Jan M Friedman

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Review in American journal of human genetics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03084224 (Implementation of Molecular Diagnostic Pathways in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases), which is not on this map. Cited by 145 papers.

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145citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03084224 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Implementation of Molecular Diagnostic Pathways in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorNeuromed IRCCSRan2019 to 2025Enrolled1ConditionsGenetic DiseaseArmsneurological and neurodegenerative diseases
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

145 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Cost-Effective DNA Storage System with DNA Movable Type.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  12. The Role of Genetic Testing in Adult CKD.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2024
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  18. From Genomics to Metagenomics in the Era of Recent Sequencing Technologies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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85 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tracy TuckerDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. tbtucker@interchange.ubc.ca
Marco Marra
Jan M Friedman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Massively parallel sequencing has reduced the cost and increased the throughput of genomic sequencing by more than three orders of magnitude, and it seems likely that costs will fall and throughput improve even more in the next few years. Clinical use of massively parallel sequencing will provide a way to identify the cause of many diseases of unknown etiology through simultaneous screening of thousands of loci for pathogenic mutations and by sequencing biological specimens for the genomic signatures of novel infectious agents. In addition to providing these entirely new diagnostic capabilities, massively parallel sequencing may also replace arrays and Sanger sequencing in clinical applications where they are currently being used. Routine clinical use of massively parallel sequencing will require higher accuracy, better ways to select genomic subsets of interest, and improvements in the functionality, speed, and ease of use of data analysis software. In addition, substantial enhancements in laboratory computer infrastructure, data storage, and data transfer capacity will be needed to handle the extremely large data sets produced. Clinicians and laboratory personnel will require training to use the sequence data effectively, and appropriate methods will need to be developed to deal with the incidental discovery of pathogenic mutations and variants of uncertain clinical significance. Massively parallel sequencing has the potential to transform the practice of medical genetics and related fields, but the vast amount of personal genomic data produced will increase the responsibility of geneticists to ensure that the information obtained is used in a medically and socially responsible manner.

Indexed as

Genetics, MedicalGenome, HumanSequence Analysis, DNABase SequenceGenomicsHumansMolecular Sequence DataSequence Alignment

Identifiers

PMID19679224
PMCPMC2725244

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