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New guidelines aim to improve transparency and trust in genetic prediction tools

Date: 30 April 2025

Author: University of Edinburgh

Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Cancer have been working with the Atlas of Variant Effects Alliance to provide practical guidelines for releasing new computational tools known as variant effect predictors (VEPs).