NGS
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Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is an interesting technology for PGx
A nice overview of the Requirements for comprehensive pharmacogenetic genotyping platforms was published by Volker Lauschke et al. They claim that rare variants account for 30-40% of functional variability in PGx. However they argue that pre-emptive PGx should only include validated variants.
Challenges
- Short read NGS requires a priori knowledge of likelihood of particular haplotypes. In silico haplotype estimation can e.g. be performed by Beagle.
- Variants in homologous regions are hard to capture.
