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Julia Karow tracks trends in next-generation sequencing for research and clinical applications for GenomeWeb. Follow her on Twitter at @Julia_Karow.

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Sep 17, 2020

Praxis Genomics Bets on Bionano Optical Maps, Sequencing to Solve Complex Rare Disease Cases

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The startup wants to serve the 50 percent or so of genetic disease patients who haven't obtained a molecular diagnosis despite extensive testing.

Jul 29, 2020

Saliva Samples Slow to Catch On for Large-Scale Coronavirus Testing

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A number of diagnostic labs have considered saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 testing but decided against it, while other groups continue to pursue it.

Jul 22, 2020

Thermo Fisher Expects COVID-19 Testing Will Continue to Drive Up Revenues

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The firm saw revenues grow 10 percent in Q2, in part driven by PCR-based COVID-19 testing, as it increased production capacity to 10 million tests per week.

Jul 09, 2020

Dual-Reader Nanopore Promises Improved Homopolymer Sequencing Accuracy

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The new pore, a complex between E. coli CsgG and part of CsgF, called certain homopolymers more accurately than an engineered version of CsgG.

Jun 23, 2020

New DNA Data Storage Architecture Improves Information Access, Density

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The North Carolina State University team is working on scaling the technology further and may form a company to develop it commercially.

May 15, 2020

Emerging COVID-19 Viral Genome Sequencing Assays Provide Alternative to Existing Diagnostics

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Several groups are developing diagnostic viral genome sequencing assays and panels, which promise high sensitivity and additional information on viral origin and spread.

May 14, 2020

Clear Labs Raises $18M, Will Launch Diagnostic Nanopore Sequencing COVID-19 Assay System

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The first version of the platform, which the company submitted for Emergency Use Authorization to the US FDA last week, analyzes RNA extracted from a swab.

May 12, 2020

High-Throughput Diagnostic COVID-19 Sequencing Assays May Enable Large-Scale Testing

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Assays like SwabSeq, Dx-Seq, and LAMP-Seq promise to analyze tens to hundreds of thousands of samples in parallel but might be constrained by sample availability.

Apr 29, 2020

COVID-19 Testing Could Get Boost From Alternative Sample Types

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Replacing nasopharyngeal swabs with saliva samples or nasal swabs could increase throughput and convenience, as well as relieve reagent and equipment shortages.

Apr 22, 2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific Details Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Business

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The firm is looking into options for partnerships to bring a COVID-19 serology test to market, which could leverage its large installed base of instruments.

The Scan

Open at Publication

Howard Hughes Medical Institute will be requiring its researchers to publish their work so it is immediately accessible to the public, ScienceInsider writes.

Truth and Science

The Huffington Post reports that Francis Collins, the director of the US National Institutes of Health, has urged Americans to recommit to reason.

Quick Tests to Be Given Out

About 150 million rapid coronavirus tests purchased by the US federal government are to be distributed to nursing homes, colleges, and the states, according to the New York Times.

Nature Papers Examine Molecular Pathways in Alzheimer's Disease, Diploid Potato Assembly, More

In Nature this week: multi-omic analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain samples, de novo assembly of a diploid potato, and more.

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