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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2022

Democratizing clinical-genomic data: How federated platforms can promote benefits sharing in genomics.

Maria Alvarellos, Hadley E Sheppard, Ingrid Knarston, Craig Davison, Nathaniel Raine, Thorben Seeger, Pablo Prieto Barja, Maria Chatzou Dunford

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Maria AlvarellosLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Hadley E SheppardLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Ingrid KnarstonLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Craig DavisonLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Nathaniel RaineLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Thorben SeegerLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Pablo Prieto BarjaLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.
Maria Chatzou DunfordLifebit Biotech Limited, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the first sequencing of the human genome, associated sequencing costs have dramatically lowered, leading to an explosion of genomic data. This valuable data should in theory be of huge benefit to the global community, although unfortunately the benefits of these advances have not been widely distributed. Much of today's clinical-genomic data is siloed and inaccessible in adherence with strict governance and privacy policies, with more than 97% of hospital data going unused, according to one reference. Despite these challenges, there are promising efforts to make clinical-genomic data accessible and useful without compromising security. Specifically, federated data platforms are emerging as key resources to facilitate secure data sharing without having to physically move the data from outside of its organizational or jurisdictional boundaries. In this perspective, we summarize the overarching progress in establishing federated data platforms, and highlight critical considerations on how they should be managed to ensure patient and public trust. These platforms are enabling global collaboration and improving representation of underrepresented groups, since sequencing efforts have not prioritized diverse population representation until recently. Federated data platforms, when combined with advances in no-code technology, can be accessible to the diverse end-users that make up the genomics workforce, and we discuss potential strategies to develop sustainable business models so that the platforms can continue to enable research long term. Although these platforms must be carefully managed to ensure appropriate and ethical use, they are democratizing access and insights to clinical-genomic data that will progress research and enable impactful therapeutic findings.

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clinical genomicscloud computingfederationgenomicstrusted research environment

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PMID36704354
PMCPMC9871385
OpenAlexW4315472661

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