AWS and Intel technologies give Fabric Genomics the ability to offer fast computational speeds and security to its customers. “Our software can perform genetic sequencing and analysis very quickly because of the performance we get with AWS and Intel,” says Reese. As a result, customers like Rady Children’s Institute of Genomic Medicine are getting data to physicians faster. “Using Fabric Genomics interpretation software on AWS, along with other software tools, we can interpret an entire genome’s variant set within minutes, whereas other platforms might take hours,” says Nahas. “That means we can start our analysis quickly and distill millions of data points into a few that are distinct markers for diseases in children,” says Nahas. “Because of this, we can sometimes find a diagnosis within minutes and get the information to the medical staff at Rady Children’s Hospital right away, so they can treat critically ill children.”

In some cases, medical teams at Rady Children’s Hospital using the Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine’s bioinformatics pipeline for rapid whole genome sequencing have discovered that a patient has a different disease than originally thought. “We can make more accurate diagnoses because our analysis has shown what the disease is, and physicians can know the exact medications or treatments that could help,” says Nahas.

Fabric Genomics is taking advantage of the scalability of AWS to respond to customers with very large data-analysis needs. “We can scale our platform as widely as we want to by using AWS,” Reese says. “If a customer wanted to process 10,000 genomes, we could process all those genomes simultaneously. We have an unlimited ability to expand compute capacity. Without the scalability of AWS, we wouldn’t be able to deliver 10,000 reports in two days.” In addition, the company is using multiple AWS Availability Zones worldwide to meet its customers’ needs. “AWS is in so many regions, we can deploy our software globally whenever we want to,” Reese says. “That helps us because some of our customers have sensitive data that cannot leave their region due to local regulatory requirements. We can help them store that data in their country or region by using AWS.”

Fabric Genomics’ platform is being utilized by clinical labs for analysis of whole genomes, exomes, and panels, and the company is excited to partner with many labs as they expand their testing volume to NGS testing. “Precision medicine is just at the beginning right now,” says Reese. “The more people use AWS, the easier it will be to share data, so people can find new insights and we can treat patients earlier and identify the cause of disease. That will allow us to be more effective with our treatment options, and therefore have healthier patients going forward.”