Blueprint Genetics Whole Exome Sequencing

Blueprint Genetics is now offering whole-exome sequencing to customers in the US. The assay has a minimum mean coverage of 100-fold. On average, 98.9 percent of gene-coding regions, captured with Agilent SureSelect V6, are covered at least 15-fold. The company confirms all clinically relevant variants by Sanger sequencing and its interpretation team includes clinical experts. Turnaround time for the assay, which comes in different versions, is six to nine weeks.