Cartagenia and Interactive Biosoftware have signed an agreement allowing Cartagenia to integrate IB's Alamut gene visualization software into its BenchLab, a web-based software tool for interpreting genomic variation in routine diagnostics.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Cartagenia and Interactive Biosoftware today said that they will integrate their data analysis tools for interpreting genomic variation in routine diagnostics.
Illumina has launched its RapidTrack Whole Genome Sequencing service, which uses the HiSeq 2500 sequencing instrument and the company's new iSAAC genome alignment software to sequence and align a whole human genome in five days.
By Uduak Grace Thomas
Interactive Biosoftware has released a new version of its flagship Alamut mutation analysis software designed to identify variants in next-generation sequence data.
Interactive Biosoftware says its software is a cut above the rest because it goes beyond identifying mutations in sequences to providing interpretations of the consequences of genomic variations.
The Associated Press reports that an ethicist predicts that prenatal diagnosis and other advances will lead to more choices being available to prospective parents.
