Next Generation Sequencing

Part I: Overview.- History of DNA Sequencing Technologies.- Clinical Molecular Diagnostic Techniques: A Brief Review.- Part II: The Technologies and Bioinformatics.- Methods of Gene Enrichment and Massively Parallel Sequencing Technologies.- Sequence Alignment, Analysis, and Bioinformatics Pipelines.- Protein Structural Based Analysis for Variant Interpretation of Missense Variants at the Genomics Era: Using MNGIE Disease as an Example.- Algorithms and Guidelines for Interpretation of DNA Variants.- Part III: Application to Clinical Diagnostics.- NGS-based Clinical Diagnosis of Genetically Heterogeneous Disorders.- Molecular Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG).- NGS Improves the Diagnosis of X-Linked Intellectual Disability (XLID).- NGS Analysis of Heterogeneous Retinitis Pigmentosa.- Next Generation Sequencing of the Whole Mitochondrial Genome.- Application of Next-Generation Sequencing of Nuclear Genes for Mitochondrial Disorders.- Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis Using Next Generation Sequencing.- Part IV: Compliance with CAP/CLIA Regulations.- Guidelines and Approaches to Compliance with Regulatory and Clinical Standards: Quality Control Procedures and Quality Assurance.- Validation of NGS-based Test and Implementation of Quality Control Procedures.- Frequently Asked Questions about the Clinical Utility of Next Generation Sequencing in Molecular Diagnosis of Human Genetic Diseases.- Index.