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Parse Biosciences Evercode Whole-Transcriptome v2

Aug 30, 2022

Parse Biosciences has launched the Evercode Whole-Transcriptome v2 single-cell transcriptomics assay, featuring updated chemistry across the board, from cell and nuclei fixation to transcript barcoding. The new chemistry improves sensitivity, providing up to 50 percent more unique genes per cell at sequencing depth of 20,000 reads per cell. It is available for all kit sizes.

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