Over one in three rare childhood disorders diagnosed in six years
• Sets pace for targeted therapy development among those diagnosed 22 December 2020, Singapore – For over 20 years, the Genetics Service at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) has been providing clinical care to patients with genetic disorders. In 2014, BRIDGES (Bringing Research Innovations for the Diagnosis of GEnetic diseases in Singapore) was set up, in collaboration with genomic research institutes at SingHealth, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Duke-NUS to synergise the diagnostic efforts and patient outcome management. After six years, t...