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Assertion Supported
Interpreting novel genetic variants costs 100x to 1000x more than sequencing
“And interpreting each one of those under the current clinical practices costs 50 to a hundred dollars. So we're talking about a hundred to thousand-fold increase in the cost of interpretation relative to the cost of data acquisition.”
Carlos Araya Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:59 a16z Podcast | Revisiting the Gene
Assertion Supported
Only 0.6% of disease-associated gene mutations have clinical interpretations
“If we look across all of the disease-associated genes that we know today, we only have clinical interpretations for roughly . Six percent of the possible mutations in them.”
Carlos Araya Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:52 a16z Podcast | Revisiting the Gene
Assertion Contradicted
Araya: Cancer gene tests find 95 unknown mutations per known mutation
“Those tests will basically find 95 mutations that they have absolutely no clue of what the effects of those mutations are in these important cancer-associated genes per each mutation that is known to cause disease.”
Carlos Araya Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:04 a16z Podcast | When Will Genomics Live Up to the Hype?
Assertion Contradicted
Each sequenced genome contains about 100 novel variants in disease genes
“Although there are three million variants identified, There will be roughly a hundred variants that are novel variants in disease-associated genes.”
Carlos Araya Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:48 a16z Podcast | Revisiting the Gene
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