The rapidly expanding field of big data analytics has started to play a pivotal role in the
evolution of healthcare practices and research. It has provided tools to accumulate, manage …

The Internet of Things (IoT) devices are able to collect and share data directly with other
devices through the cloud environment, providing a huge amount of information to be …

BACKGROUND The substantial technological advancements in next-generation
sequencing (NGS), combined with drop** costs, have allowed for a swift diffusion of NGS …

Genetic testing has the potential to revolutionize primary care, but few health systems have
developed the infrastructure to support precision population medicine applications or …

The advent and refinement of sequencing technologies has resulted in a decrease in both
the cost and time needed to generate data on the entire sequence of the human genome …

Whole exome/genome sequencing (WES/WGS) is increasingly offered to ostensibly healthy
individuals. Understanding the motivations and concerns of research participants seeking …

Despite the increased utilization of genome and exome sequencing, little is known about the
actual content and process of informed consent for sequencing. We addressed this by …

The language of “personalized medicine” and “personal genomics” has now entered the
common lexicon. The idea of personalized medicine is the integration of genomic risk …

After two decades of genetic testing and research, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are two of
the most well-characterized genes in the human genome. As a result, variants of uncertain …

Introduction Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is transforming the conduct of genetic
research and diagnostic investigation. This creates new challenges as it generates …