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PierianDx Clinical Genomicist Workstation

Aug 14, 2015

PierianDx has released a new version of its Clinical Genomicist Workstation software. According to the company, version 3.0 includes a new exome sequencing workflow that meets guidelines set by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. The updated tool leverages the company's database of genomic variants and its internally developed scoring algorithm to help researchers make sense of variants found in somatic cancer samples as well as in constitutional assays.

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