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The Montana-based bioinformatics startup has parlayed a 2019 NHGRI grant into a variant benchmarking technology platform with free and paid editions.
The platform's creation, says Anthony Philippakis, chief data officer at the Broad Institute, was driven by two trends within the wider biomedical space: an explosion in the volume and types of data available – from genomics data to medical imaging and electronic health records – alongside a greater need for data sharing within biomedical science. SEE: (TechRepublic) "No one organisation, whether it be a medical centre, or a university, or a company, has enough data in order to go after profound questions like the genetic basis of the disease," he says. "For a long time, although we've ...