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Andrew Han covers breaking news for GenomeWeb. He tracks companies in the sequencing and diagnostic markets.

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Dec 12, 2019

Twist Bioscience Teases Products for Liquid Biopsy Market, Biopharma Collaborations

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The firm said it plans to sign between five and 10 additional biopharma collaborations in fiscal year 2020, some with milestone and royalty payment structures.

Dec 05, 2019

High-Throughput Single-Cell Transcriptomics Assay Facilitates Compound Screens

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The new method, called sci-Plex, combines nuclear hashing and improved single-cell combinatorial indexing RNA-seq to profile the transcriptional response of single cells.

Dec 03, 2019

SciLifeLab Researchers Develop Multiplexed Library Prep Method for FFPE Samples

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CUTseq uses enzyme-based fragmentation and in vitro transcription to barcode DNA, saving money when preparing 1,000 samples or more.

Nov 11, 2019

10x Genomics' Fully Automated Single-Cell Library Prep Platform Coming in Early 2020

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The Chromium Connect, designed for pharma workflows and other high-volume customers, is one of several products coming out of 10x's R&D pipeline.

Nov 08, 2019

Agilent's Magnis Joins Set-and-Forget Movement in Library Prep Instruments

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Due out in December, the Magnis automated library prep instrument is meant to be an affordable and easy way for researchers to use Agilent's SureSelect kits.

Nov 05, 2019

Fulgent Genetics Eyes 'Aggressive' Commercial Strategy

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The firm is looking to expand its sales internationally, as well as in the consumer-initiated market, but is being conservative with revenue growth estimates.

Oct 28, 2019

MGI Tech Introduces Portable Sequencer, Single-Cell Prep Device; Launches New Sequencing Chemistry

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MGI hopes to ship the sequencer, one of several products it unveiled at the International Conference on Genomics, to early-access partners in early 2020.

Oct 25, 2019

Illumina Reserved in Comments on PacBio Deal, Forthcoming on Qiagen Deal and New Products

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Illumina officials discussed several issues with investors, including the new Qiagen partnership, while at ASHG the firm introduced reagent kit upgrades.

Oct 18, 2019

10x Genomics Describes Capabilities of Visium Spatial Genomics Product Ahead of Release

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Visium, which provides gene expression information along with spatial information from the same tissue sample, will be shipped later next month.

Oct 17, 2019

Variant Detection Gets Boost From Graph Genomes, De Novo Assemblies

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At ASHG, researchers showed why they're moving away from limited, linear human reference genome representations and towards a more inclusive future.

The Scan

Gene Editing for the Gold

Gene editing could be an issue competitive sports need to address soon, four researchers from Arizona State University write at Slate.

Variant Linked to Heart Failure Risk

A genetic alteration appears to increase heart failure risk among people of African descent, according to the Washington Post.

A Different Future

In his look back at the past decade, BuzzFeed News' Peter Aldhous writes that direct-to-consumer genetic testing has led to "Facebook for genes."

Nature Examines Lifespans, Fast and Accurate Method for Long-Read Assembly, More

In Nature this week: genetic "clock" that can predict the lifespans of vertebrates, new assembler called wtdbg2, and more.

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