Main description:

Clinical Genomics, Second Edition provides a full overview of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies that are currently used in clinical diagnostic laboratories. The book presents key bioinformatic challenges and solutions that must be addressed by clinical genomicists and genomic pathologists, such as specific pipelines for identification of the full range of variants that are clinically important. It focuses on the challenges of diagnostic interpretation of NGS results in a clinical setting, with later sections devoted to emerging regulatory issues governing the clinical use of NGS and reimbursement paradigms that will affect the way in which laboratory professionals get compensated for testing.

Following the wide use of the current edition by clinicians and researchers alike, this fully revised, new edition addresses the evolving landscape of genomics medicine, along with recent advances in our understanding of molecular mechanisms of human diseases and developmental biology. In addition, the book updates on sequencing chemistry and platforms, bioinformatics algorithms, clinical informatics, IT infrastructure and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in genomics.

Contents:

Section I: Methods
1. Overview of Technical Aspects and Chemistries of Next-Generation Sequencing
2. Clinical Genome Sequencing
3. Targeted Hybrid Capture Methods
4. Amplification-Based Methods
5. Emerging DNA Sequencing Technologies
6. RNA-Sequencing and Methylome Analysis

Section II: Bioinformatics
7. Base Calling, Read Mapping, and Coverage Analysis
8. Single Nucleotide Variant Detection Using Next Generation Sequencing
9. Insertions and Deletions (Indels)
10. Translocation Detection Using Next-Generation Sequencing
11. Structural Variant Detection
12. The Human Reference Genome

Section III: Clinical Informatics and IT Infrastructure
13. Data Storage
14. Data Analytics - Platforms and Technologies
15. Genomic Data Security and Privacy
16. Cloud Computing
17. Clinical NGS IT infrastructure implementation and validation

Section IV: Interpretation
18. Reference Databases for Disease Associations
19. Reporting of Clinical Genomics Test Results
20. Reporting Software
21. Constitutional Diseases: Amplification-Based Next-Generation Sequencing
22. Targeted Hybrid Capture for Inherited Disease Panels
23. Constitutional Disorders: Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing
24. Somatic Diseases (Cancer): Amplification-Based Next-Generation Sequencing
25. Targeted Hybrid-Capture for Somatic Mutation Detection in the Clinic
26. Somatic Diseases (Cancer): Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing

Section V: Regulation, Reimbursement, and Legal Issues
27. Assay Validation
28. Regulatory Considerations Related to Clinical Next Generation Sequencing
29. Genomic Reference Materials for Clinical Applications
30. Ethical Challenges to Next-Generation Sequencing
31. Legal Issues
32. Billing and Reimbursement Index