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GA4GH Updates Strategic Plan to Emphasize Interoperability of Genomic, Clinical Data

The first refresh of the plan since GA4GH incorporated in 2020 is a stepping stone to wider adoption of precision medicine.

Link23 Aims to Address Eurocentric Biases in Genomic Medicine Through Online Community, Resources
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Supported by Genomics England and Data Science for Health Equity, Link23 intends to build a community and provide analytical tools to improve equity in genomics.

At GA4GH Meeting, Experts Discuss Challenges of Applying AI in Genomic Medicine
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Different mindsets are set to collide in AI-based genomic medicine as the medical and life sciences fields intersect with the information technology industry.

Lack of Adequate Genomic Data Standards Presents Major Hurdle to Precision Medicine
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Standards bodies want more engagement with data owners, EHR vendors, and clinicians so they can better support genomics at the point of care.

Autism Sharing Initiative Brings Federated Data Model to Research, Clinical Care
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DNAstack, Autism Speaks, and a Canadian-led coalition of hospitals, pharma companies, and patient advocates are turning to big data and GA4GH standards to raise understanding of autism.

Apr 30, 2021

New European Supercomputers to Support Data Sharing Efforts, Drive Dx Innovation
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Dec 4, 2020

GA4GH Incorporates as a Not-For-Profit Organization in Canada

Nov 13, 2019

Will Bioinformatics Professionals Embrace MPEG-G Data Compression Standard?
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Oct 22, 2019

GA4GH Unveils New Standards for Genomic Data, Workflow Sharing
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Sep 27, 2019

Study Investigates Trust in Genomic Data Sharing Initiatives to Inform Future Efforts
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Mar 12, 2019

GA4GH Benchmarking Team Releases Best Practices for Comparing Germline Variant Calls

Mar 11, 2019

International Coalition Building Virtual Cohort of 1.4M Patients
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Feb 15, 2019

GA4GH Announces New Driver Projects in Asia, Africa; Releases Data Use Ontology Standard
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Oct 24, 2018

Genomic Data Interoperability, Remote Workflow Key to New Global Alliance APIs
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Feb 15, 2018

In Newly Released 2018 Roadmap, GA4GH Sets Goals, Priorities for First Phase of Five-Year Plan
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Jan 13, 2017

Expanded GA4GH, ELIXIR Partnership Focuses on New European Beacons, Sharing Clinical Data
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Genetic Ancestry of South America's Indigenous Mapuche Traced

Researchers in Current Biology analyzed genome-wide data from more than five dozen Mapuche individuals to better understand their genetic history.

Study Finds Variants Linked to Diverticular Disease, Presents Polygenic Score

A new study in Cell Genomics reports on more than 150 genetic variants associated with risk of diverticular disease.

Mild, Severe Psoriasis Marked by Different Molecular Features, Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis Finds

A spatial transcriptomics paper in Science Immunology finds differences in cell and signaling pathway activity between mild and severe psoriasis.

ChatGPT Does As Well As Humans Answering Genetics Questions, Study Finds

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics had ChatGPT answer genetics-related questions, finding it was about 68 percent accurate, but sometimes gave different answers to the same question.