Angela Page

TL;DR: This data-sharing effort has led to improved variant interpretation and development of treatments for rare diseases and some cancer types, but such benefits will only be available to the general population if researchers and clinicians can access and make comparisons across data from millions of individuals.

TL;DR: The Beacon protocol is described and how it can be used as a model for the federated discovery and sharing of genomic data.

TL;DR: The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) aims to accelerate biomedical advances by enabling the responsible sharing of clinical and genomic data through both harmonized data aggregation and federated approaches.

TL;DR: This Roadmap identifies the challenges of data sharing across borders and demonstrates that European research infrastructures are well-positioned to support the rapid implementation of widespread genomic data access.

TL;DR: The GA4GH as mentioned in this paper encourages a federated approach to connect national genomics initiatives into a global network and precision medicine resource, enabling connections and insights across independent, secure databases.