A diagnosis just in time

DeRisi and collaborators solve medical puzzle in two hours

A mysterious ailment sent an active teenage boy into a medically induced coma, and no one could figure out the cause.

As precious time passed, a team at UC San Francisco employed advanced DNA sequencing technology to find a needle-in-the-haystack answer. What they found led them to a life-saving, and surprisingly simple, treatment.

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