Open AccessDNAdigest and Repositive: Connecting the World of Genomic Data
Author(s) -
Nadezda V. Kovalevskaya,
Charlotte Whicher,
Timothy D. Richardson,
Craig S. Smith,
Jana Grajciarova,
Xocas Cardama,
José Moreira,
Adrian Alexa,
Amanda McMurray,
Fioielsen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002418
Subject(s) - uniprot , genomics , biology , raw data , data science , genomic medicine , genomic information , computational biology , data sharing , genome , human genome , bioinformatics , genetics , computer science , gene , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , programming language
There is no unified place where genomics researchers can search through all available raw genomic data in a way similar to OMIM for genes or Uniprot for proteins. With the recent increase in the amount of genomic data that is being produced and the ever-growing promises of precision medicine, this is becoming more and more of a problem. DNAdigest is a charity working to promote efficient sharing of human genomic data to improve the outcome of genomic research and diagnostics for the benefit of patients. Repositive, a social enterprise spin-out of DNAdigest, is building an online platform that indexes genomic data stored in repositories and thus enables researchers to search for and access a range of human genomic data sources through a single, easy-to-use interface, free of charge.