The team under Professor Tom Lenaerts (VUB-ULB) of the IB² has developed an AI algorithm that makes it possible to identify combinations of genetic variants or abnormalities that cause rare diseases through computer analysis. The algorithm was developed with Prof. dr. Guillaume Smits (Center for Human Genetics of the ULB, the Erasmus Hospital and the University Children's Hospital Queen Fabiola) and was designed and built in collaboration with Yves Moreau and Jan Aerts (KU Leuven), Sonia Van Dooren (UZ Brussels) and Ann Nowé (Vrije Universiteit Brussels). The method has been named VarCoPP (Variant Combinations Pathogenicity Predictor).
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