Genomics big data

Genomics is the study of the function, structure, and evolution of genomes in living organisms. A genome is the blueprint of an organism that has a complete set of DNA, including genes and other intergenic regions. Genes are the basic components of DNA, and they play an important role in inheritance. The field of genomics got mainstream attention after the completion of human genome sequencing in 2003. The human genome project catapulted the field of genomics and it transformed medicine, giving birth to the modern biotechnology industry. Genomics got another push with the introduction of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) in the early 2000s, which enabled researchers and scientists to generate massive amounts of data, leading to scientific breakthroughs.

Genomic data has gained a lot of attention in the last decade because of the incredible progress it has made in precision genomics, genomic medicine, drug development, therapeutics, and so on. For example, since...