PacBio Unveils TRGT, A Tool For Characterizing Rare Disease

PacBio's TRGT can sequence broader sections of DNA, giving scientists and clinicians better odds of spotting repeated sections of DNA linked to disease.

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Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) recently revealed TRGT (pronounced “target”), a tool for identifying and quantifying tandem repeats in patients’ DNA profiles, which can then be correlated to disease. 

Tandem repeats are segments within DNA where nucleotides are repeated. 

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