Binning the Human Genome: Reporting Incidental Findings in Clinical Genome Sequencing

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Binning the Human Genome: Reporting Incidental Findings in Clinical Genome Sequencing

• ACMG recommendations for reporting of incidental findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing [PDF 342.83 KB]
  Robert C. Green, Jonathan S. Berg, Wayne W. Grody, et al. ACMG
• CDC blog post: On spinning wheels and genomes revealed: Sequencing is no longer a sleeping controversy
• New EGAPP paper: Description and pilot results from a novel method for evaluating return of incidental findings from next-generation sequencing technologies [PDF 656.44 KB]
  Katrina A.B. Goddard et al. Genetics in Medicine, Apr 4
• CDC blog post: Can we have our genome and eat it too? One base pair at at time