Applying Next Generation Sequencing and Transgenic Models to Rare Disease Research

• Other Authors: Gouw, Arvin M. (Editor), Jaishankar, Amritha (Editor), Brooks, George A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Science: general issues; Medical genetics; Rare disease; Genomics; Next generation sequencing; transgenic; genetic analysis
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A rare disease is a disease that occurs infrequently in the general population, typically affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time. More than 30 million people in the United States of America (USA) and 350 million people globally suffer from rare diseases. Out of the 7000+ known rare...