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Genomic medicine in the Middle East
We discuss the current state of genomic medicine in Arab countries of the Middle East, a region with outsized contribution to Mendelian genetics due to inbreeding yet has poor representation in global variome datasets. We focus on genomic testing, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling services a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34814937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-01003-9 |
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author | Abou Tayoun, Ahmad N. Fakhro, Khalid A. Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi Alkuraya, Fowzan S. |
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description | We discuss the current state of genomic medicine in Arab countries of the Middle East, a region with outsized contribution to Mendelian genetics due to inbreeding yet has poor representation in global variome datasets. We focus on genomic testing, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling services along with associated training and research programs. Finally, we highlight opportunities for improvement in genomic medicine services in this region. |
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spelling | pubmed-86119262021-11-29 Genomic medicine in the Middle East Abou Tayoun, Ahmad N. Fakhro, Khalid A. Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi Alkuraya, Fowzan S. Genome Med Comment We discuss the current state of genomic medicine in Arab countries of the Middle East, a region with outsized contribution to Mendelian genetics due to inbreeding yet has poor representation in global variome datasets. We focus on genomic testing, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling services along with associated training and research programs. Finally, we highlight opportunities for improvement in genomic medicine services in this region. BioMed Central 2021-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8611926/ /pubmed/34814937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-01003-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Comment Abou Tayoun, Ahmad N. Fakhro, Khalid A. Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi Alkuraya, Fowzan S. Genomic medicine in the Middle East |
title | Genomic medicine in the Middle East |
title_full | Genomic medicine in the Middle East |
title_fullStr | Genomic medicine in the Middle East |
title_full_unstemmed | Genomic medicine in the Middle East |
title_short | Genomic medicine in the Middle East |
title_sort | genomic medicine in the middle east |
topic | Comment |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34814937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-01003-9 |
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