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Genomenon Mastermind With ClinVar

Sep 07, 2022

Genomenon said this week that it has integrated all the variants and pathogenicity interpretations from the US National Institutes of Health's ClinVar database into its artificial intelligence-based Mastermind Genomic Search Engine. With the integration, Mastermind users will no longer have to go outside the Genomenon platform to find information within ClinVar, and the search will incorporate ClinVar data alongside other results. 

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