New test can screen all deafness genes simultaneously

Monday, November 15, 2010 - 18:01 in Biology & Nature

Pinpointing the exact genetic cause of inherited deafness has always involved sequencing one gene at a time, a process that can take up to a year and cost roughly $1,000 per gene. It would cost around $75,000 to test all known deafness causing genes using this approach.

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