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MSRGN and NYMAC Launch 2 more Genetic Recipe Infographics: VUS and DeNovo

Mountain States Regional Genetics Network (MSRGN) in collaboration with The New York Mid-Atlantic Caribbean Regional Genetics Network (NYMAC) is pleased to share 2 new infographic resources that continue on the Genetic Recipe Infographics Series.

The 2 new cake infographics include:

De novo: this infographic presents an analogy that helps in the understanding of a de novo genetic change as related to baking a cake with different ingredients.

Variants of Uncertain Significance (VUS): this infographic presents an analogy that helps in the understanding of a variant of uncertain significance genetic change as related to baking a cake with an unknown or misspelled ingredient.

 

The 2 previously released info graphics can be accessed here:

The Genetic Recipe– this infographic presents an analogy that helps in the understanding of genetic terms like DNA, gene, chromosome and genome as related to a recipe and baking a cake.

Genetic Change: Cooking- this infographic presents a comparison analogy between baking a chocolate cake and a cheese cake and how a few letters being changed in the letters (DNA alphabet) used to write out the recipe (gene) can result in a change in the results (cake or genetic change).

To download these infographics as a PDF please click on the underlined titles above or the photos below.