MEDICAL GENOME INITIATIVE

We believe early utilization of clinical whole genome sequencing (WGS) has the potential to deliver precise molecular diagnosis to enable change in medical management, thereby reducing the number of unresolved, complex, costly and chronic genetic disease cases, especially for newborns and children... Our initial goal is to publish recommended laboratory and clinical best practices for the implementation of clinical WGS, as well as common clinical research frameworks for demonstrating the value clinical WGS brings to healthcare... This consortium of leading institutions is working to expand access to clinical whole genome sequencing (cWGS) for the diagnosis of genetic disease.