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Data barriers limit genetic diagnosis

Tools for data-sharing promise to improve chances of connecting mutations with symptoms of rare diseases.

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Check Hayden, E. Data barriers limit genetic diagnosis. Nature 494, 156–157 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/494156a

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