Grail, Inc.

Eric Michael Scott

Xiao Yang

Matthew H Larson

Hyunsung John Kim

Pranav Parmjit Singh

Wenying Pan

Mohini Jangi Desai

Cell free nucleic acids from a test sample obtained from an individual are analyzed to identify possible fusion events. Cell free nucleic acids are sequenced and processed to generate fragments. Fragments are decomposed into kmers and the kmers are either analyzed de novo or compared to targeted nucleic acid sequences that are known to be associated with fusion gene pairs of interest. Thus, kmers that may have originated from a fusion event can be identified. These kmers are consolidated to generate gene ranges from various genes that match sequences in the fragment. A candidate fusion event can be called given the spanning of one or more gene ranges across the fragment.

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Eric Michael Scott