New DNA-reading technology could be used in the diagnosis of muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy. The DNA sequencing machine would allow for a more accurate long-term prognosis, meaning that patients could make better-informed decisions about their futures. Traditionally, to get a genetic diagnosis, the genes involved in muscular dystrophies would need to be tested one by one. In one patient, a research team at the University of Nottingham instead used whole genome sequencing...
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