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Data sharing and trust highlighted at EFSA WGS event

By Joe Whitworth on September 8, 2023

Most technical aspects related to sequencing have been solved but data sharing and trust remain key issues, according to experts in Europe.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and EU Commission’s Inter-European Union Reference Laboratories…

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New study shows FDA Whole Genome Sequencing network provides nearly $500 million in annual health benefits

By News Desk on November 5, 2021

This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a study on the effectiveness of the GenomeTrakr Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Network, a scientific tool that helps the FDA detect, investigate and limit the spread …
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Experts call for global DNA database to help disease surveillance

By Joe Whitworth on November 15, 2019

Scientists are urging government officials to consider helping to develop an international database to share and analyze DNA sequences.

Such a system is a platform for storing whole genome sequencing (WGS) data on the full…
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WGS use on pathogens ‘extremely limited’ in developing countries

By News Desk on July 1, 2019

Use of whole genome sequencing is extremely limited in most developing nations, according to a study.

Researchers found while some countries lack the capacity to collect and analyse the data generated from whole genome sequencing…
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WGS could be WMD in global battle against foodborne illness

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on September 16, 2017

Editor’s note: This column by FDA’s Steven Musser and Eric L. Stevens was originally published on the agency’s blog.

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GenomeTrakr is FDA’s version of Hoover’s fingerprint file

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 25, 2016

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on FDA’s Consumer Updates page. A person commits a crime, and the detective uses DNA evidence collected from the crime scene to track the criminal down. An…
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