Precision medicine in action: Genomic test helps solve medical mystery
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Precision medicine is getting a jump-start from a new national initiative announced in President Obama's State of the Union message. One Georgia family has already experienced its benefits: genomic testing called whole exome sequencing helped a neurologist solve a medical mystery that had left a boy with painful, jerking spasms that at times prevented him from walking or talking. The doctor describes the case in a newly published article.