At the lab (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vingroup Big Data
Institute VinBigData announced on December 16 that it has completed the project on Database
of Genomic Variants for Vietnamese Population.
With over 1,000 genomes sequenced and over 40
million variants discovered, the research will lay a foundation for biomedical
and development, contributing to giving early treatment to each
Vietnamese individual in the future.
The first database of its kind also has enough
annotations about biological functions and pathological risks.
Prof. Ta Thanh Van, Chairman of the Council of
, said the database will provide an invaluable
reference to improve the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment in the country.
Launched in December 2018, the
project drew the participation of over 40 scientists from leading universities
and units worldwide as well as hundreds of experts and volunteers at home and
abroad.
During three years, they
sequenced genomes of over 1,000 unrelated adults aged 35-55 and discovered more
than 40 million genetic variants, nearly 2 million of them are representative
of the Vietnamese population. The process was made at a lab meeting ISO 15189
standards at Vinmec International General Hospital, using advanced technologies
by Google, Illumina and NVIDIA.
Part of the database is now
available at https://genome.vinbigdata.org.
Several hi-speed analysis tools are also offered on trial there.
The pioneering project
costs over 4.5 million USD, the largest scale in Vietnam so far./.
Source: VietnamPlus
