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Genetic Testing Detects Uncommon Variants Incorrectly by Angela Mohan on  February 16, 2021 at 3:03 PM BMJ. After hearing of cases where women had surgery scheduled after wrongly being told they had very rare genetic variations in the gene BRCA1 that could significantly increase risk of breast cancer, a team at the University of Exeter conducted a large-scale analysis of the technology using data from nearly 50,000 people. They found that the technology wrongly identified the presence of very rare genetic variants in the majority of cases. The team analyzed SNP chips, which...

A technology that is widely used by commercial genetic testing companies is "extremely unreliable" in detecting very rare variants, meaning results suggesting individuals carry rare disease-causing genetic variants are usually wrong, according to new research published in the BMJ.

Common DNA Testing Method Has High False-Positive Rate for Rare Mutations, Study Finds Share Filed to:bioinformatics Image: Mohamed Abdiwahab, Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Consumer DNA testing remains a booming industry, but new research released Monday suggests that it has a glaring flaw in its predictive power. The findings indicate that a common method of tes...

BESA Director General Caroline Wright recently wrote an article highlighting the opportunities available for education suppliers in Peru which is available here.

Overcoming is what makes winners stand out Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has put a stop to three plane-loads of international tennis players here for the February 8 Australian Open on invitation to roam and practise free. Bringing in the COVID-19 virus on three planes of tennis competitors has moved the Premier to put them into a strict fortnight hotel quarantine, much to their disgust. Many are taking it as the reality of living with COVID but a few complainants such as Tomic's girlfriend and Novak Djokovic, thinking the rules don't apply to them, are in shock. Guests from overseas nee...