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# Expanded biobanks, education, and genomics research investments - Saudi Arabia transforming healthcare

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# Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Saphetor announce a new partnership to deliver tertiary analysis for comprehensive interpretation of nanopore sequencing

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# Richard Meyer

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Allele_1200x628_a.jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/population-allele-frequency-chart)

 Today we are announcing a new feature - Population Allele Frequencies Chart, combined with the lollipop graph for genes, which is now directly visible in VarSome’s genome browser using a log scale. This can be useful in parallel with the...

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [Population Allele Frequency Chart](https://news.varsome.com/en/population-allele-frequency-chart)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on March 31, 2020

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Banner_1200x628_Release_10_12_Clinical_2.jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/gtex-and-dbnsfp-for-genes-now-available-on-varsome)

 We are excited we can announce the availability of GTEx tissue-specific gene expression data and dbNSFP 4.0 Genes.

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [GTEx and dbNSFP for genes now available on VarSome](https://news.varsome.com/en/gtex-and-dbnsfp-for-genes-now-available-on-varsome)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on March 30, 2020

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/varsome6-7.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/varsome-6.7-has-been-released)

 VarSome thriving community will soon reach 100,000 users, a significant milestone, and we’d like to thank you for your continuous use of the platform.

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates) [Community](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/community)

##### [VarSome 6.7 has been released](https://news.varsome.com/en/varsome-6.7-has-been-released)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on December 13, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/panelapp.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/mondo-and-panelapp-added-to-varsome)

 Over the weekend we released an updated version of VarSome, with a number of improvements across the board, as well as two new databases.

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [Mondo and PanelApp added to VarSome](https://news.varsome.com/en/mondo-and-panelapp-added-to-varsome)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on September 26, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/chrome-varsome.jpeg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/varsome-extension-for-chrome)

 We are announcing the first version of VarSome extension for Chrome browser. It finds variants on a page and links them automatically to VarSome.

[Technology](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/technology)

##### [VarSome Extension for Chrome](https://news.varsome.com/en/varsome-extension-for-chrome)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on July 20, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/acmg.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/acmg-classification-just-got-better)

 Following feedback from users and advice from our new clinical advisor, we have significantly improved our ACMG classification:

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [ACMG Classification just got better!](https://news.varsome.com/en/acmg-classification-just-got-better)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on July 3, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/fullsearch.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/full-text-search-now-available-on-varsome)

 We are proud to release our first complete search feature for VarSome! This expands the existing search functionality of VarSome, enabling you to search not only for variants, but also to perform word searches over the entire contents of VarSome:

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [Full-Text Search now available on VarSome!](https://news.varsome.com/en/full-text-search-now-available-on-varsome)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on May 9, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Cleaner-Layout.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/cleaner-layout)

 Today we have updated VarSome with a new, clearer layout. We grouped data together by type in a way that hopefully makes it easier to find what you are looking for.

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [Cleaner Layout on VarSome](https://news.varsome.com/en/cleaner-layout)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on April 4, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/browser.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/structural-variants-browser)

 We just added a new component to VarSome: The Structural Variant Browser, a new viewer for structural variants (copy-number and other variants over 100bp in size), from a number of new sources:

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [Structural Variants Browser](https://news.varsome.com/en/structural-variants-browser)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on March 1, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/acmg2.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/acmg-classification-and-lollipop-graph)

 We are proud to release a new version of VarSome introducing two new features which we hope you will find useful.

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [ACMG Classification and Lollipop Graph](https://news.varsome.com/en/acmg-classification-and-lollipop-graph)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on February 12, 2018

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[![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Pathogenic.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/pathogenic-matrix)

 When you scroll down to the Genes section of VarSome, you will see a new colour coded Gene Pathogenicity Matrix. This new feature provides a high-level overview of the spectrum of variants in a single gene and their impact. The data are collated...

[Platform Updates](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/platform-updates)

##### [Pathogenic Matrix](https://news.varsome.com/en/pathogenic-matrix)

 By [Richard Meyer](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/richard-meyer#blog-listing-section) on January 30, 2018

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