University Hospital Bonn Announces New Technology To Advance Ability to Diagnose Rare Genetic Diseases in Children

November 7, 2017

University Hospital Bonn & FDNA – “Today, the Institute for Genome Statistics and Bioinformatics, IGSB, and the Institute of Human Genetics, IHG, Bonn, announce a new initiative to further precision medicine through integration with FDNA’s Face2Gene suite of applications. This integration is expected to dramatically increase and transform the diagnostic power of genetic testing in rare diseases, and is the first of its kind in Germany.”

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