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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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 Accurate variant interpretation depends on access to representative population frequency data. In VarSome v13.18, we’ve expanded our population frequency resources through the integration of KRIBB KOVA and ToMMo jMorp, which offer population allele...

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##### [Expanding population frequency data in VarSome: Introducing Korean and Japanese frequency databases](https://news.varsome.com/en/expanding-population-frequency-data-in-varsome-introducing-korean-and-japanese-frequency-databases)

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 Variants of uncertain significance (VUS) are the most frequent outcome in germline genetic testing, with almost 30% of patients receiving only VUS results. This delays clinical decisions and forces manual review, complicating the interpretation of...

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##### [Reclassification of VUS with VarSome](https://news.varsome.com/en/reclassification-of-variants-of-uncertain-significance-through-integrated-data-aggregation-and-community-curation-in-varsome)

 By [Lyndsey Fletcher](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/lyndsey-fletcher#blog-listing-section) on June 19, 2026

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 Did you know you can search the entire VarSome knowledge base using plain text? Whether you’re investigating a specific gene, variant, condition, or concept, VarSome’s full text search helps you find relevant content quickly, without needing...

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##### [Liquid Biopsy in SCLC: Steps Toward Routine Clinical Use](https://news.varsome.com/en/liquid-biopsy-in-sclc-steps-toward-routine-clinical-use)

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 Wong M, Liew B, Hum M, Lee NY, Lee ASG. Benchmarking of variant calling software for whole-exome sequencing using gold standard datasets. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):13697. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-97047-7

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##### [Benchmarking Variant Calling Tools - Wong et al., 2025](https://news.varsome.com/en/benchmarking-variant-calling-tools)

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##### [World Health Day 2025 - Genomics in Maternal & Newborn Health](https://news.varsome.com/en/whd-2025-0)

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##### [Gene fusion detection: Liquid biopsies and classification of co-mutations](https://news.varsome.com/en/gene-fusion-detection-liquid-biopsies-and-classification-of-co-mutations)

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 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has positioned genomic healthcare prominently in the Vision 2030 initiative, with a key focus on personalized healthcare. Saudi Arabia is actively sequencing its population’s genomes and tailoring treatments based on...

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##### [Expanded biobanks, education, and genomics research investments - Saudi Arabia transforming healthcare](https://news.varsome.com/en/saudi-arabia-transforming-healthcare)

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 Saphetor caught up with Constantia Aristidou from The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics (CING), that highlighted the breadth and scope of VarSome Clinical in their recently published paper; Exploring the Genetic Causality of Discordant...

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##### [CING studies ABT with the help of VarSome Clinical](https://news.varsome.com/en/cing-studies-abt-with-varsome-clinical)

 By [Xanthippi Papakonstanti](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/xanthippi-papakonstanti#blog-listing-section) on August 8, 2023

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 When we ask people what they value most about VarSome, the most common response is “the classifiers”. In building our germline and somatic variant classifiers, we automated a very time-consuming and labor-intensive process. We apply the relevant...

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##### [Reclassifying VUS](https://news.varsome.com/en/manual-curation-vus-reclassification)

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 We get a lot of great feedback on our classification tools. In particular, our germline classifier is a tool that healthcare professionals around the world constantly rely on to help them solve cases. This is because it implements recognized...

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##### [Building the best in variant classification](https://news.varsome.com/en/germline-classifiers-varsome)

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