Open AccessChromatic: WebAssembly-Based Cancer Genome Viewer
Author(s) -
Richard Finney,
Daoud Meerzaman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.606
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1176-9351
DOI - 10.1177/1176935118771972
Subject(s) - computer science , informatics , byte , web browser , health informatics tools , web application , world wide web , data science , the internet , programming language , engineering , electrical engineering
Chromatic is a novel web-browser tool that enables researchers to visually inspect genomic variations identified through next-generation sequencing of cancer data sets to determine whether such calls are, in fact, valid. It is the first cancer bioinformatics tool developed using WebAssembly technology, which comprises a portable, low-level byte code format that provides for the rapid execution of programs within supported web browsers. It has been designed expressly for ease of use by scientists without extensive expertise in bioinformatics.
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