Predictive tools can confuse rare mutations with dangerous ones

September 3, 2026 · 9:20 pm 1 sources

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• Predictive tools can confuse rare mutations with dangerous ones
  Phys.org · September 3, 2026 21:20
  When a patient's DNA is read, it is compared with a reference version of the human genome. This allows geneticists and rare disease experts to look at a list of places where the patient's DNA differs. Most variations will be harmless and shared with millions of other people, but some can cause…