MyGene2: Accelerating Gene Discovery with Radically Open Data Sharing

Facilitating the public sharing of health and genetic data through integration with publicly available information

Approximately 350 million people worldwide and over 30 million Americans have a rare disease. Most rare diseases are Mendelian conditions, which means that mutation(s) in a single gene can cause disease. Over 7,000 Mendelian conditions have been described to date, but the causal gene is known for only half. Consequently, close to 70 percent of families who undergo clinical testing lack a diagnosis. MyGene2 is a website that makes it easy and free for families with Mendelian conditions to share health and genetic information with other families, clinicians and researchers worldwide in order to make a match.

Test Drive the Prototype

https://www.mygene2.org/

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The Team

  • Jessica Chong (University of Washington, United States)
  • Michael Bamshad (University of Washington, United States)
  • Tudor Groza (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
  • Craig McNamara (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
  • Edwin Zhang (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)

Contact Name

Jessica Chong

Contact Email

jxchong[at]uw.edu

MyGene2: Accelerating Gene Discovery with Radically Open Data Sharing