Precision medicine is an inevitable development of modern medicine. This development is closely tied to advances in decoding the human genome. However, the human genome differs between individuals and is specific to each country and each race. Therefore, the prerequisite for Vietnam to enter the era of Precision Medicine is to have a reference genome specific to Vietnamese people and a data set on disease-causing genetic variations. Based on data from the 1,000 Vietnamese Genomes Project (1KVG) of VinBigData Institute, the project will offer solutions to apply data from the human genome into comprehensive health care services for people.
Project goals
- Combine short-read and long-read sequences to build the gene chart and the first complete reference genome of the Vietnamese people.
- Create a database of functional genetic variations related to diseases, develop SNP-Chips to screen and diagnose more than 10 common diseases in Vietnam.
Social impact
- The results of the project will contribute to establishing the foundation for precision medicine in Vietnam with direct applications in research, training, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
- Providing accurate and effective SNP-Chips, suitable for screening and diagnosing genetic variations related to more than 10 common diseases in Vietnam.
