Publication
Title
Enabling global clinical collaborations on identifiable patient data : the Minerva initiative
Author
Institution/Organisation
Minerva Consortium
Abstract
The clinical utility of computational phenotyping for both genetic and rare diseases is increasingly appreciated; however, its true potential is yet to be fully realized. Alongside the growing clinical and research availability of sequencing technologies, precise deep and scalable phenotyping is required to serve unmet need in genetic and rare diseases. To improve the lives of individuals affected with rare diseases through deep phenotyping, global big data interrogation is necessary to aid our understanding of disease biology, assist diagnosis, and develop targeted treatment strategies. This includes the application of cutting-edge machine learning methods to image data. As with most digital tools employed in health care, there are ethical and data governance challenges associated with using identifiable personal image data. There are also risks with failing to deliver on the patient benefits of these new technologies, the biggest of which is posed by data siloing. The Minerva Initiative has been designed to enable the public good of deep phenotyping while mitigating these ethical risks. Its open structure, enabling collaboration and data sharing between individuals, clinicians, researchers and private enterprise, is key for delivering precision public health.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Frontiers in genetics. - Place of publication unknown
Publication
Place of publication unknown : publisher unknown , 2019
ISSN
1664-8021
DOI
10.3389/FGENE.2019.00611
Volume/pages
10 (2019) , 9 p.
Article Reference
611
ISI
000477832700001
Pubmed ID
31417602
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
GENOMED - Genomics in Medicine.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
Record
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Creation 10.09.2019
Last edited 02.10.2024
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