| URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/ |
| Full name: | Genetic Testing Registry |
| Description: | The Genetic Testing Registry (GTR®) provides a central location for voluntary submission of genetic test information by providers. The scope includes the test's purpose, methodology, validity, evidence of the test's usefulness, and laboratory contacts and credentials. The overarching goal of the GTR is to advance the public health and research into the genetic basis of health and disease. |
| Year founded: | 2013 |
| Last update: | 2014-05-21 |
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| Country/Region: | United States |
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| University/Institution: | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| Address: | Bethesda,MD 20894,USA |
| City: | Bethesda |
| Province/State: | MD |
| Country/Region: | United States |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Wendy S. Rubinstein |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | wendy.rubinstein@nih.gov |
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The NIH genetic testing registry: a new, centralized database of genetic tests to enable access to comprehensive information and improve transparency. [PMID: 23193275]
The National Institutes of Health Genetic Testing Registry (GTR; available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/) maintains comprehensive information about testing offered worldwide for disorders with a genetic basis. Information is voluntarily submitted by test providers. The database provides details of each test (e.g. its purpose, target populations, methods, what it measures, analytical validity, clinical validity, clinical utility, ordering information) and laboratory (e.g. location, contact information, certifications and licenses). Each test is assigned a stable identifier of the format GTR000000000, which is versioned when the submitter updates information. Data submitted by test providers are integrated with basic information maintained in National Center for Biotechnology Information's databases and presented on the web and through FTP (ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/GTR/_README.html). |