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IMAGE: From left, postdoctoral scholar Andrey Mikheykin, Ph.D., Jason Reed, Ph.D., and postdoctoral fellow Sean Koebley, Ph.D., worked together on the study. view more
Credit: John Wallace, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Doctors are increasingly using genetic signatures to diagnose diseases and determine the best course of care, but using DNA sequencing and other techniques to detect genomic rearrangements remains costly or limited in capabilities. However, an innovative breakthrough developed by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Department of Physics promises to diagnose DNA rearrangement mutations at a fraction of the cost with improved accuracy.