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, …
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.
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?
Mastermind vs. Manually Curated Databases: Head-to-Head Comparison with COSMIC Variant Database
Mastermind’s Genomic Search Engine uncovers 594% More Articles per Variant and 63% More Variants per Gene in a head-to-head test against COSMIC variant database. The Mastermind Genomic Search Engine has a number of meaningful advantages over the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) as a tool for searching genomic evidence, reducing the amount of …
Google Scholar vs. Mastermind: Variant Interpretation Comparison
In the test described below, the Mastermind Genomic Search Engine was found to have several meaningful advantages over Google Scholar as a tool for searching genomic evidence, reducing the amount of time required to curate a variant and resulting in fewer missed articles containing evidence for the variant. Users who searched Mastermind as part of …
Top Cited Genomic Variants in 2017 – Highlighting EGFR p.C797S
Original version of this post was previously published on the Enlightenbio Blog on January 1, 2018 by Brigitte Ganter. Dr. Mark Kiel (CSO and co-Founder at Genomenon) and Lauren Chunn (Data Processing Analyst at Genomenon) were able to mine the Mastermind database of genomic variants and analyze the trending citations of widely covered variants in the …