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To Q40 and Beyond: Sequencing's Accuracy Revolution is Happening Now
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New, more accurate methods are posing problems for the NGS ecosystem as researchers rethink the concept of accuracy altogether.

NIST Analysis Discovers Sample Processing Bias in Metagenomic Wastewater Surveillance
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The finding underscores the need to standardize sampling protocols to minimize biases in wastewater antimicrobial resistance monitoring.

MDIC Launches Initiative to Improve Accuracy of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Cancer Diagnostics

As part of the initiative, MDIC will manufacture, validate, and distribute reference samples to support the validation of NGS-based cancer diagnostics.

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: MGI, Illumina, NIST, More

New products posted to GenomeWeb for the week of July 25, 2022.

Genome in a Bottle Consortium Releases Benchmark Data for Challenging Medically Relevant Genes
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The public-private consortium added benchmarking data for 273 difficult-to-analyze but medically important genes previously omitted in its reference.

Oct 16, 2020

Interdisciplinary NIST Team Claims qPCR Improvements Using Unusual Math Tweaks
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Sep 11, 2020

NIST Creating Reference Material for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Assay Developers
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Aug 14, 2020

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Centogene, NIST, GeneDx

Jul 10, 2020

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Illumina, NIST, Horizon Discovery, More

Jun 15, 2020

Genome In a Bottle Consortium Releases Structural Variant Calling Benchmark Data
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Jan 21, 2020

FNIH Team Selects Cancer Biomarkers in Phase I of Liquid Biopsy Reference Standards Project
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May 24, 2019

Multi-Site Study Tests Power of Commercial Reference Materials in Comparing Liquid Biopsy Assays
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Mar 12, 2019

GA4GH Benchmarking Team Releases Best Practices for Comparing Germline Variant Calls

Mar 8, 2017

NIST, ATCC Develop STR-Based Method to Identify Contamination of Mouse Cell Lines
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Oct 18, 2016

Genome In A Bottle Consortium Developing New Reference Materials, Variant Call Sets
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Oct 11, 2016

NIST Team Explores Alternative to Graphene for Nanopore Sequencing
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Jul 19, 2016

ATCC Inks Validation Deal With NIST for Mouse Cell Line Verification

Jul 14, 2016

SeraCare, NIST Partner on CtDNA Reference Standards for Dx

Mar 2, 2016

NIST, Stanford Study Underscores Need for Sequencing Standards

Feb 25, 2016

White House Announces Efforts to Accelerate Precision Medicine Initiative

Jan 21, 2016

NIST Team Aims to Develop Graphene Nanopore Sequencing Tech
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Dec 15, 2015

Researchers Assess Variant Calling Pipelines Using Genome in a Bottle 'Gold Standard'
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Aug 7, 2015

10X Genomics Provides First Look at Data From NIST Reference Samples
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May 15, 2015

NIST, Genome in a Bottle Release First Reference Material for Assessing Genome Sequencing

Feb 25, 2014

DDC Medical, NIST Ink Deal to Commercialize Mouse Cell Line Authentication

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.