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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 3/2014

01.08.2014 | Review Article

RD-Connect: An Integrated Platform Connecting Databases, Registries, Biobanks and Clinical Bioinformatics for Rare Disease Research

verfasst von: Rachel Thompson, M.Chem., Louise Johnston, Ph.D., Domenica Taruscio, PhD, M.D., Lucia Monaco, Ph.D., Christophe Béroud, PharmD, Ph.D., Ivo G. Gut, Ph.D., Mats G. Hansson, Ph.D., Peter-Bram A. ’t Hoen, Ph.D., George P. Patrinos, PhD, Hugh Dawkins, Ph.D., Monica Ensini, Ph.D., Kurt Zatloukal, M.D., David Koubi, Ph.D., Emma Heslop, M.Sc., Justin E. Paschall, M.A., Manuel Posada, Ph.D., Peter N. Robinson, M.D., Ph.D., Kate Bushby, M.D., F.R.C.P., Hanns Lochmüller, Ph.D., M.D.

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ABSTRACT

Research into rare diseases is typically fragmented by data type and disease. Individual efforts often have poor interoperability and do not systematically connect data across clinical phenotype, genomic data, biomaterial availability, and research/trial data sets. Such data must be linked at both an individual-patient and whole-cohort level to enable researchers to gain a complete view of their disease and patient population of interest. Data access and authorization procedures are required to allow researchers in multiple institutions to securely compare results and gain new insights. Funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme under the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC), RD-Connect is a global infrastructure project initiated in November 2012 that links genomic data with registries, biobanks, and clinical bioinformatics tools to produce a central research resource for rare diseases.
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Metadaten
Titel
RD-Connect: An Integrated Platform Connecting Databases, Registries, Biobanks and Clinical Bioinformatics for Rare Disease Research
verfasst von
Rachel Thompson, M.Chem.
Louise Johnston, Ph.D.
Domenica Taruscio, PhD, M.D.
Lucia Monaco, Ph.D.
Christophe Béroud, PharmD, Ph.D.
Ivo G. Gut, Ph.D.
Mats G. Hansson, Ph.D.
Peter-Bram A. ’t Hoen, Ph.D.
George P. Patrinos, PhD
Hugh Dawkins, Ph.D.
Monica Ensini, Ph.D.
Kurt Zatloukal, M.D.
David Koubi, Ph.D.
Emma Heslop, M.Sc.
Justin E. Paschall, M.A.
Manuel Posada, Ph.D.
Peter N. Robinson, M.D., Ph.D.
Kate Bushby, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Hanns Lochmüller, Ph.D., M.D.
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2014
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe Sonderheft 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-2908-8

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