Vanessa Vogel-Farley

Co-founder
Commission on Novel Technologies for Neurodevelopmental Copy Number Variants

Vanessa Vogel-Farley is co-founder of the Commission on Novel Technologies for Neurodevelopmental Copy Number Variants.

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Spectrum

By Peter Hess

22 August 2022

5 min read

Lumping versus splitting with autism-linked variants: A conversation with Vanessa Vogel-Farley and Yssa DeWoody

Researchers have long studied subgroups of people who share genetic variants, but the newly formed ‘CNV Commission’ is also looking at people with shared traits across different neurodevelopmental conditions.

Spectrum

Lumping versus splitting with autism-linked variants: A conversation with Vanessa Vogel-Farley and Yssa DeWoody

By Peter Hess

22 August 2022 | 5 min read

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