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SickKids experiencing technical issue: All services remain available

SickKids is currently experiencing a technical issue affecting systems used to support patient care. Patients and families may experience delays.

August 1, 2004

Surprising discovery reveals gains or losses of large segments of DNA in healthy people

Scientists at SickKids, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have made the unexpected discovery that significant differences can exist in the overall content of DNA and genes contained in individual genomes. These findings point to possible new explanations for individual uniqueness as well as why disease develops.

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