Bionano Genomics announces OGM was included in a medical school textbook

Bionano Genomics announced that optical genome mapping, OGM, was included for the first time in Thompson and Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th edition, a textbook regularly used for medical students, genetic counseling students, students in laboratory medicine, and more advanced trainees pursuing American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, ABMGG, residency and laboratory fellowships in clinical biochemical genetics, laboratory genetics and genomics, and clinical molecular genetics. “Inclusion in this book is a significant milestone for OGM and for people in the various fields of genome analysis who are looking for ways to move the community forward. We were pleased to see the authors note OGM’s ability to detect clinically relevant SVs that other methods, including LRS, miss, while citing OGM’s potential lower cost and greater accuracy, particularly as the SVs detected by OGM in research may ultimately lead to improved diagnosis and detection of genetic disorders,” added Erik Holmlin, PhD, president and chief executive officer of Bionano.