Dr Joe Thakuria
Good morning George and Joe. Jeffrey requested I check in and see how things are progressing with his genomc. Could you please advise?
Thank you,
Lesley
Assistant to Jeffrey Epstein
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Hi Lesley,
Jeffrey's skin biopsy resulted in several successful, viable fibroblast cultures. Those cell lines are now stored in liquid nitrogen and slated for iPS cell line ("adult stem cells") creation. Essentially, this process requires several culture passages, and reiteration of picking out the right colony for further passages. Success rate of generating iPS cells is relatively high now but the process still takes several months.
- On the DNA side of things, I'm working on getting Jeffrey's sample into the current queue. If it makes it, we're probably looking at about 2 months turnaround time until whole genome data.
Let nu: know if I can help with other questions.
Best,
Joe
Joseph V. Thakuria, MD, MMSc
Medical Genetics and Metabolism Attending Physician
Director, MGH Stickler Syndrome Program
Medical Director, Personal Genome Project
Harvard Catalyst CRC Protocol Review Committee
MGH Center for Human Genetics Research
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