{"id":13893,"date":"2024-09-10T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=13893"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T14:48:10","slug":"improving-representation-functional-data-clinvar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/09\/10\/improving-representation-functional-data-clinvar\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon! Improving Representation of Functional Data in ClinVar"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCBI is improving the way that functional data are submitted to <\/span>ClinVar<\/span><\/a> and how they are represented in the XML format and on the website. Almost half of the variants in ClinVar are variants of uncertain significance (VUS). It\u2019s unclear what clinical action to take for these variants, creating a challenge for clinicians. One potential way to resolve VUS is to develop functional assays to determine the effect the variant has on the gene product, at either the transcript or the protein level. While ClinVar can currently accept functional data, we are striving to make submission easier and more efficient and to make the data easier to find and use.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What will change?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

In the coming weeks, we will make a prototype of these improvements available on <\/span>ClinVar\u2019s GitHub repository<\/span><\/a>. The prototype will include:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n