Advocates the Advancement and Understanding of Genomics in Health and Disease

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that it has contributed over 95,000 human genetic variants to ClinVar, a public database hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Illumina’s contribution includes variants of all classifications, from pathogenic to benign, identified during interpretation of whole genome sequences generated in the CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited Illumina Clinical Services Laboratory.

ClinVar provides an openly accessible public database of the relationships between medically important variants and phenotypes. It enables genetic testing laboratories to access a broad set of clinical interpretations and data that can be incorporated into their analyses. ClinVar is also available to individual users and organizations that want to incorporate the information into their applications. These important scientific data help to identify when laboratories are i