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Genomics adds Broad Institute's DNA analysis toolkit
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[June 24, 2015]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google
Genomics, the cloud-based computing business that is racing to increase
its share of online DNA analytics, on Wednesday began offering a cloud
service version of the popular DNA analysis software from the Broad
Institute, a biomedical research organization.
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The Google Inc research tie-up comes as academic institutions and
healthcare companies are choosing between Google and other
technology companies, like Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and
International Business Machines Corp, to host and analyze genetic
databases as they look to cure diseases. That sector could be worth
$1 billion by 2018, analysts say.
The Broad Institute is made up of scientists from Harvard
University, MIT and Harvard-affiliated hospitals. Its Genomic
Analysis Tool Kit, or GATK, is used to analyze genomic sequencing
data and has been downloaded 20,000 times by researchers and
businesses, Broad's Chief Operating Officer Samantha Singer said in
an interview.
Learning how to use the software is complicated and is taught as
part of academic biomedical curricula.
The service will take over configuring the technical specifications
and demands of the software, Google said. It said it has not yet set
a price for the service and will include it in its cloud computing
fees at the start.
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The agreement is the first of its kind but is not exclusive, the
companies said.
(Reporting by Caroline Humer; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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