Heidi Rehm

@heidirehm.bsky.social

Genomic medicine researcher; chief genomics officer at MGH; clinical lab director at @broadinstitute

Forthcoming guidance will recommend labs report VUS subclasses. We share experience of 4 labs including rates of reclassification of VUS subclasses. By highlighting VUS-high and downplaying VUS-low, this will be game-changing for dx genetic testing.

Distinct rates of VUS reclassification are observed when subclassifying VUS by evidence level

Purpose: Genetic testing commonly yields a plethora of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) that can lead to ongoing uncertainty for patients and their caregivers. While all VUS hold uncertainty,…

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Our ACMG WG will give guidance on when labs should and should not report VUS, including the use of VUS subclasses coming in the next Sequence Variant Classification guidelines. Please share your opinion on VUS reporting through our <10 min survey forms.gle/niNoAwfQmbWn...

ACMG Working Group Survey on VUS Reporting

The ACMG/AMP/CAP/ClinGen SVC v4.0 standards for sequence variant classification will soon be released and provide an easy framework for subclassifying VUS by likelihood of pathogenicity. Another worki...

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