The Entirety of Genomic Literature, Now in Moon with Mastermind
A guest post from Peter Schols, CEO of Diploid:
This week, our team at Diploid announced exciting news: We have integrated the Mastermind Genomic Search Engine into Moon to accelerate the diagnostic process for rare disease.
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5 Key Considerations when Selecting a Variant Database
With millions of human genetic variants cited in over 30 million articles, comprehensively searching the medical research for a variant can be like finding a needle in a haystack. This is especially important when a single paper can mean the difference between a variant of uncertain significance (VUS) and a pathogenic variant.
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Genomenon Research Report: Emerging Genomic Variants in 2018
2018 has been another banner year in the progression of Precision Medicine! Year over year, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of scientific studies and initiatives that resulted in meaningful published findings, and 2018 was another record-breaker. To demonstrate trends in genetics and genomics research seen through the lens of scientific publications, the team mined genomics data aggregated in our Mastermind Genomic Search Engine to reflect on these trends.
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Genomic Variant Curation: “The Power of Zero”
As a parent, sometimes the most powerful answer you can give your children is “no”.
Once they know where the boundaries are, they just might stop trying to navigate the gray area to find loopholes. The same can be said for genomic variant curation.
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Is Healthcare Ready for AI?
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has become the official buzzword of the healthcare industry in recent years, inspiring billions of dollars in investment. When the lives and well-being of patients hang in the balance, do the benefits of using AI outweigh the risks?
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Updates to Mastermind Variant Panel
We are constantly working to improve Mastermind to provide the most comprehensive and powerful tool for evidence-based genomic interpretation, and we have just released a major upgrade to the variant panel. This new functionality will ensure maximal search sensitivity while offering precise specificity via filtering.
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