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New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Biocartis, Synthego, Sophia Genetics

Biocartis Idylla ctEGFR Mutation Assay

Biocartis has globally launched its Idylla ctEGFR Mutation Assay. The firm noted that the research-use-only tool is the liquid biopsy version of its solid biopsy Idylla EGFR Mutation Test. Running on the Idylla platform, the assay allows users to detect 49 EGFR mutations directly from 2 ml of blood plasma and provides resutls within 160 minutes, Biocartis said.


Synthego High-Throughput Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Genome Engineering Service

Synthego has launched a genome engineering service for induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The new offering expands on Synthego's automated cell editing technology to achieve high editing efficiency of iPS cells at an industrial scale. Synthego said its cell-editing platform makes editing, cloning, and maintaining high pluripotency in clinically relevant iPS cells easier, with editing rates as high as 90 percent prior to cloning and 100 percent in clones. The new offering of iPS cells includes modifications by gene knockout, single-nucleotide variation, protein tagging, and other knock-ins.


Sophia Genetics Whole Exome Solution

Sophia Genetics has released a new version of Sophia Whole Exome Solution, which the company said reduces turnaround time for analysis of whole-exome sequences. The updated Sophia WES now features detection of copy-number variations at a resolution of two to five exons without the need for a reference sample. The product also supports analysis of variants in familial trios to filter variants based on different inheritance modes.


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The Scan

Suicidal Ideation-Linked Loci Identified Using Million Veteran Program Data

Researchers in PLOS Genetics identify risk variants within and across ancestry groups with a genome-wide association study involving veterans with or without a history of suicidal ideation.

Algorithm Teases Out Genetic Ancestry in Individuals at Biobank Scale

Researchers develop an algorithm known as Rye to tease apart ancestry fractions in admixed individuals at a biobank-scale, applying it to 488,221 UK Biobank participants in Nucleic Acids Research.

Multi-Ancestry Analysis Highlights Comparable Common Variants at Complex Trait-Linked Loci

Researchers in Nature Genetics examine common variants implicated in more than three dozen conditions, estimating genetic effect similarities across ancestry tracts in admixed individuals.

Sick Newborns Selected for WGS With Automated Pipeline

Researchers successfully prioritized infants with potential Mendelian conditions for whole-genome sequencing or rapid whole-genome sequencing, as they report in Genome Medicine.