Next Generation Sequencing Based Clinical Molecular Diagnosis of Human Genetic Disorders

Part I: overview.- 1. NGS, The new gold standard of identification of defective genes.- 2. Principles of target gene enrichments, pros and cons.- 3. Criteria for clinical application: Full validation and performance characteristics.- 4. Clinical requirements: variant interpretation, confirmation, and turnaround time.- Part II: Experiences in various applications.- 5. The metabolic pathways: GSD, CDG, cobalamin metabolism, and others.- 6. The eye gene panels.- 7. The otogenes.- 8. The immunodeficiency disorders.- 9. The bone density and skeletal related disorders.- 10.The hereditary cancer genes.- 11.The molecular diagnosis of cancers and implications in treatment: Marilyn Li.- 12. Neuromuscular disorders.- 13. The cardiac panel: YuXin Fan, GeneDx or Harvard Partner.- 14. The mitochondrial genome.- 15. The Nuclear Mitomes