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Review
. 2018 Apr 27:17:1176935118771972.
doi: 10.1177/1176935118771972. eCollection 2018.

Chromatic: WebAssembly-Based Cancer Genome Viewer

Richard Finney  1 , Daoud Meerzaman  1
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Review

Chromatic: WebAssembly-Based Cancer Genome Viewer

Richard Finney et al. Cancer Inform. .

Abstract

Chromatic is a novel web-browser tool that enables researchers to visually inspect genomic variations identified through next-generation sequencing of cancer data sets to determine whether such calls are, in fact, valid. It is the first cancer bioinformatics tool developed using WebAssembly technology, which comprises a portable, low-level byte code format that provides for the rapid execution of programs within supported web browsers. It has been designed expressly for ease of use by scientists without extensive expertise in bioinformatics.

Keywords: WebAssembly; cancer; mutation; viewer.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests:The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was performed by employees of the National Institutes of Health.

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