Kansas City, Missouri30+ days ago
GA4K has produced more than 2,000 genomes through a state-of-the-art technique called HiFi sequencing that allows them to see more of the human genome than other techniques; is the first to use 5-base sequencing in their genomic analyses, accelerating answers for kids with rare diseases through the sequencing of the full genome; and is the first to apply “human assembly” to their rare disease genomics work, building hundreds of genomes from scratch to capture the DNA that is missed by the human genome developed in 2014. Among the first of its kind with a pediatric focus, the Genomic Medicine Center at Children's MercyKansas City provides clinical genomic services and is an epicenter for a variety of genomic research including sequencing and analyzing rare and common diseases in children, immunogenomics, gene engineering, patient-cell modeling, bioethics and computational genomics.