Phen-Gen is the first computer analysis software that cross-references a patient’s symptoms and a person’s genome sequence, to better aid doctors in diagnosing diseases.
This software was created by a team of scientists at ASTAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), led by Dr. Pauline Ng. Results from the research were published in the prestigious journal Nature Methods on 4th August 2014.
Phen-Gen can detect faulty genes responsible for diseases by up to 88 per cent, yielding results in 15 to 30 minutes. It has been proven to be faster and more efficient compared to current methods analysing genomes for this purpose.
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