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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for Methods
  1. What are whole exome sequencing and whole genome sequencing?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... technique used to test for genetic disorders. Two methods, whole exome sequencing and whole genome sequencing, are ... healthcare and research to identify genetic variations; both methods rely on new technologies that allow rapid sequencing ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/sequencing - Genetics
  2. What is noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and what disorders can it screen for?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... sometimes called noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS), is a method of determining the risk that the fetus will ... obesity, and fetal abnormality. There are multiple NIPT methods to analyze fetal cfDNA. To determine chromosomal aneuploidy, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/nipt - Genetics
  3. What are the risks and limitations of genetic testing?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... only a blood sample or buccal smear (a method that samples cells from the inside surface of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/testing/riskslimitations - Genetics
  4. How do geneticists indicate the location of a gene?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... of the human genome using a variety of methods, which can result in small differences in a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/howgeneswork/genelocation - Genetics
  5. What is gene therapy?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... instead of using drugs or surgery. The earliest method of gene therapy, often called gene transfer or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/therapy/genetherapy - Genetics
  6. What are CAR T cell therapy, RNA therapy, and other genetic therapies?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... typically not considered gene therapy. Some of these methods alter DNA for a slightly different use than ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../therapy/othergenetictherapy - Genetics
  7. What are genome-wide association studies?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... with a particular disease (or another trait). This method studies the entire set of DNA (the genome) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/genomicresearch/gwastudies - Genetics
  8. What are genome editing and CRISPR-Cas9?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... accurate, and more efficient than other genome editing methods. CRISPR-Cas9 was adapted from a naturally occurring ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../genomicresearch/genomeediting - Genetics