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Haematological setpoints are a stable and patient-specific deep phenotype.
Nature
December 2024
Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
The complete blood count (CBC) is an important screening tool for healthy adults and a common test at periodic exams. However, results are usually interpreted relative to one-size-fits-all reference intervals, undermining the precision medicine goal to tailor care for patients on the basis of their unique characteristics. Here we study thousands of diverse patients at an academic medical centre and show that routine CBC indices fluctuate around stable values or setpoints, and setpoints are patient-specific, with the typical healthy adult's nine CBC setpoints distinguishable as a group from those of 98% of other healthy adults, and setpoint differences persist for at least 20 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecombinant ADAMTS13 for Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
N Engl J Med
May 2024
From the Blood Transfusion Service (P.K.B., K.N.R., P.A.R.B., W.H.D., J.A.S., R.S.M.), the Division of Hematology (P.K.B., R.K.L., W.H.D.), the Department of Pathology (B.H.F., J.L., M.Y.C., J.R.S., J.H.), and the Division of Cardiology (E.S.L., R.L.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, the Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis (P.K.B., L.M.F., K.E.B., I.T., S.C.W.) and the Division of Hematology and Apheresis Service (B.J.C.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School (P.K.B., J.L., M.Y.C., E.S.L., R.L.G., I.T., S.C.W., B.J.C., J.R.S., K.N.R., P.A.R.B., R.K.L., J.H., W.H.D., J.A.S., R.S.M.), Boston, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge (P.K.B.), the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington (D.P.), and the Department of Hematology and Clinical Oncology (A.R.A.) and the Department of Pathology, Transfusion/Apheresis Medicine Services (S.H., C.A.), UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Health, Springfield - all in Massachusetts; the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle (B.H.F.); and Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (S.B.M., W.C., K.D.F.).
In patients with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP), autoantibodies against the metalloprotease ADAMTS13 lead to catastrophic microvascular thrombosis. However, the potential benefits of recombinant human ADAMTS13 (rADAMTS13) in patients with iTTP remain unknown. Here, we report the clinical use of rADAMTS13, which resulted in the rapid suppression of disease activity and complete recovery in a critically ill patient whose condition had proved to be refractory to all available treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSlice Testing-Considerations from Ordering to Reporting: A Joint Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology, College of American Pathologists, and National Society of Genetic Counselors.
J Mol Diagn
March 2024
Whole Exome Sequencing Standards Working Group of the Clinical Practice Committee, Association for Molecular Pathology, Rockville, Maryland; Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah. Electronic address:
As the number of genes associated with various germline disorders continues to grow, it is becoming more difficult for clinical laboratories to maintain separate assays for interrogating disease-focused gene panels. One solution to this challenge is termed slice testing, where capture backbone is used to analyze data specific to a set of genes, and for this article, we will focus on exome. A key advantage to this strategy is greater flexibility by adding genes as they become associated with disease or the ability to accommodate specific provider requests.
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