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RareLens platform streamlines rare-disease variant triage

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RareLens is a new platform designed to help scientists identify the cause of rare diseases by analyzing a patient's genome and clinical phenotype. The platform uses a Nextflow pipeline to annotate variants, a FastAPI service to rank them against phenotype data, and a LightGBM model for further analysis. It offers multiple deployment options on Google Cloud, including a serverless option that idles at a low cost and a Kubernetes-based solution for more complex needs. The project emphasizes the use of open-source tools and publicly available data, with no patient data being processed. AI

IMPACT This platform could accelerate rare disease research by improving the efficiency of variant analysis.

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RareLens platform streamlines rare-disease variant triage

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    rarelens: building a rare-disease variant triage platform, and the four things I got wrong An end-to-end rare-disease variant triage platform: a Nextflow pipeli

    rarelens: building a rare-disease variant triage platform, and the four things I got wrong An end-to-end rare-disease variant triage platform: a Nextflow pipeline, three execution backends behind one API call, Terraform for two cloud tracks, and a phenotype-driven ranking measure…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    rarelens: building a rare-disease variant triage platform, and the four things I got wrong An end-to-end rare-disease variant triage platform: a Nextflow pipeli

    rarelens: building a rare-disease variant triage platform, and the four things I got wrong An end-to-end rare-disease variant triage platform: a Nextflow pipeline, three execution backends behind one API call, Terraform for two cloud... https://kemal.yaylali.uk/rarelens-technical…

    LINKS kemal.yaylali.uk/rarelens-technical-intro…

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