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Targeted Next-generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Pipeline to Evaluate Genetic Determinants of Constitutional Disease
Published on: April 4, 2018
Clinical analysis of genome next-generation sequencing data using the Omicia platform
Emily M Coonrod1, Rebecca L Margraf, Archie Russell
1ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. emily.m.coonrod@aruplab.com
Aims:
Next-generation sequencing is being implemented in the clinical laboratory environment for the purposes of candidate causal variant discovery in patients affected with a variety of genetic disorders. The successful implementation of this technology for diagnosing genetic disorders requires a rapid, user-friendly method to annotate variants and generate short lists of clinically relevant variants of interest. This report describes Omicia's Opal platform, a new software tool designed for variant discovery and interpretation in a clinical laboratory environment. The software allows clinical scientists to process, analyze, interpret and report on personal genome files.
Materials & Methods:
To demonstrate the software, the authors describe the interactive use of the system for the rapid discovery of disease-causing variants using three cases.
Results & Conclusion:
Here, the authors show the features of the Opal system and their use in uncovering variants of clinical significance.
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