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The DRAGEN and the genome

How Edico’s genomic analysis platform is advancing clinical genomics in the U.K.

February 15, 2018 12:03 AM UTC

By analyzing a whole genome in under 30 minutes, Edico Genome’s DRAGEN Bio-IT platform is helping to push Genomics England towards achieving its goal of sequencing 100,000 whole genomes and making genomic sequencing a staple of patient care in the U.K.

Since its launch in 2013, Genomics England Ltd., which is an independent company that is funded by the U.K. government and owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, has been building the infrastructure necessary to enable sample collection, sequencing, secondary analysis and clinical care. ...