Sharing knowledge.
Sharing knowledge with confidence
However large a genetics department, it is very difficult to develop sufficient in-house case material to accurately interpret rare genetic variants, especially for complex cases, and to map and exclude benign genetic variants for all but the most common loci.
While global databases exist, these are primarily for research purposes and often fail to meet clinics’ standards of curation, phenotype annotation, population-specificity and clinical relevance. Nor do they permit the comparing of case history information and the sharing of clinical expertise, which are essential features of genetic medicine practice.
Labs and clinics across the world are therefore banding together into consortia to share genetic data to commonly agreed formatting and annotation standards, tailored to a clinical context. Such data permit more accurate genetic mapping and interpretation and allow clini- cians to compare notes on individual cases.
BENCH is the ideal genetic data management tool for such consortia:
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BENCH’s standard patient information gathering and data transfer formats ensure data quality, integrity and compatibility across the consortium.
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This opens the door to joint charting of benign genetic variations in specific, locally relevant populations
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BENCH’s scoring and filtering algorithms allow much larger quantities of genotype- and phenotype-annotated case data to be mobilized in analyzing new cases.
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BENCH’s data annotation systems permit comparisons of individual cases with true confidentiality.
Professional training
Cartagenia provides professional on-site one-day training sessions. These training sessions consist of theory, demonstrations, and practical excercises with the BENCH software and will kick-start its use in your routine clinical work. Upon request, certificates of the training can be provided.
Bert Coessens - Operations Director - Cartagenia nv
E-mail: bert.coessens@cartagenia.com
Phone: +32 485 40 40 60
Technical support
Cartagenia is able to offer its customers first-class technical support through its dedicated team of highly skilled professionals. Be your question technical, scientific, or clinical our team members will be able to help you further, expand your knowledge of the BENCH software suite, and optimally align it with your needs in clinical genetic diagnosis.
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We organize custom online presentations
The BENCH software suite contains a lot of functionality that is better seen than explained in words.
Do not hesitate to contact us for a custom online presentation and demonstration of the suite. We give many presentations to interested people. Depending on the time available to you, we can provide you with a short overview in 30 minutes, or a full-blown 2-hour demonstration.
Call or e-mail us with your questions
You can allways call or e-mail us with your questions. We will answer them as soon as possible.
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