Genetic and Cytogenetics

Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.

The genomics data helps in identifying variations that affect health, disease or drug response.

Techniques used here are:

• Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• Microarray etc.

Cytogenetics involves testing of samples of tissue, blood or bone marrow to look for changes in chromosome including broken, missing, rearranged or extra chromosomes.

Techniques used here are karyotyping, banding, FISH etc

Common tests incude:

• Chromosomal analysis
• BCR/ABL gene
• Various AML mutations