Table 2.
Examples of targeted panels available in research and diagnostic settings.
| Disease Condition | Available Panel | Type of Inheritance | Specimen Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inherited cardiovascular defects | Cardiovascular research panel | Germline | Blood |
| Arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies | Arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy research panel | Germline | Blood |
| Sensitivity to pharmacological drugs | Pharmacogenomics research panel (PGex Seq panel) | Germline | Blood |
| Antimicrobial treatment efficacy testing | Antimicrobial resistance research panel | Microbial gene testing | Bacterial culture |
| Infertility conditions | Infertility research panel | Germline | Blood |
| Homologous recombination defect analysis | HRR gene panel | Somatic | Tumor tissue |
| myeloid cancers | Myeloid cancer panel | Somatic | Blood |
| HIV speciation and drug resistance | HIV-Xgene panel | Pathogen detection | HIV-positive plasma |
| Antimicrobial resistance in MTB | TB research panel | Pathogen detection | MTB-positive specimen |
| Inborn errors of metabolism | Error of metabolism research panel | Germline | DBS/blood |
| Hereditary cancers | BRACA and extended breast and ovarian cancer research panel, inherited cancer research panel | Germline | Blood |