DSF. This June, our team attended the Biennial Family and Professional Conference held by the Dravet Syndrome Foundation (DSF). Over three days in Minneapolis, research findings and therapeutic advances were discussed, and families shared their stories. As a first-time attendee, it was a humbling experience to be invited into this tight-knit, motivated, and inspiring community. Here, I would like to share some of the lessons I learned while in attendance.
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A genetic counselor’s wish list for epilepsy genetics in 2015
Mt. Rainier. After our recent posts about the 2014 AES in Seattle, we received an email from Beth in Boston, highlighting some of the issues that genetic counselor face in epilepsy genetics when dealing with next gen sequencing data. Beth drew up a wish list for 2015 and asked us for comments. Here is a brief discussion between Beth and me on how high throughput epilepsy genetics sometimes comes to grinding halt in clinical practice. Continue reading