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ey0019.7-12 | Basic Science | ESPEYB19

7.12. MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty

BYH Lam , A Williamson , S Finer , FR Day , JA Tadross , Soares A Goncalves , K Wade , P Sweeney , MN Bedenbaugh , DT Porter , A Melvin , KLJ Ellacott , RN Lippert , S Buller , J Rosmaninho-Salgado , GKC Dowsett , KE Ridley , Z Xu , I Cimino , D Rimmington , K Rainbow , K Duckett , S Holmqvist , A Khan , X Dai , X Bochukova , X Genes & Health Research Team , X Martin , X Coll , X Rowitch , X Wareham , X van Heel , X Timpson , X Simerly , X Ong , X Cone , X Langenberg , X Perry , X Yeo , X O'Rahilly

Nature. 2021 Nov;599(7885):436-441. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04088-9. Epub 2021 Nov 3. PMID: 34732894. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04088-9Brief Summary: This combination of a multi-cohort and animal studies describes the clinical impact of MC3R gene mutations. The authors identified a clinical syndrome ...

ey0016.15-13 | (1) | ESPEYB16

15.13. Non-invasive prenatal sequencing for multiple Mendelian monogenic disorders using circulating cell-free fetal DNA

J Zhang , J Li , JB Saucier , Y Feng , Y Jiang , J Sinson , AK McCombs , ES Schmitt , S Peacock , S Chen , H Dai , X Ge , G Wang , CA Shaw , H Mei , A Breman , F Xia , Y Yang , A Purgason , A Pourpak , Z Chen , X Wang , Y Wang , S Kulkarni , KW Choy , RJ Wapner , IB Van den Veyver , A Beaudet , S Parmar , LJ Wong , CM Eng

To read the full abstract: Nat Med. 2019 Mar;25(3):439–447.Prenatal screening for trisomy 21, trisomy 18, trisomy 13, and sex chromosome aneuploidies can be performed using next-generation sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the maternal circulation. This article describes a new non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) approach for the detection of de novo or paternally inheri...