Polygenic scores in clinic: prediction requires calibration and context
A high percentile is not an absolute risk, and strong association does not establish that using a score improves care.
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Tumour and germline testing: two questions that can intersect
A cancer sequencing result may guide treatment, raise an inherited-risk question, or both—but it cannot be interpreted without knowing the sample and test.
Trio sequencing: what parental samples add to interpretation
Family sequencing can clarify inheritance and reduce the candidate list, while leaving important limits around mosaicism and clinical causality.
Clinical RNA sequencing: connecting a DNA change to its consequences
Transcriptome analysis can reveal abnormal splicing or expression, but tissue choice and assay context determine what a negative result means.
Genomic imprinting: why parental origin changes the diagnostic question
Imprinting disorders require attention to gene activity and parental origin as well as DNA sequence. Chromosome 15 illustrates the implications for testing and recurrence counselling.