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Bionano Genomics Direct Label and Stain

Bionano Genomics announced today the global launch of its Direct Label and Stain (DLS), a new chemistry for sequencing motif labeling. The kit is a non-destructive labeing chemistry that will improve the firm's Saphyr genome mapping system. Bionano claims that the DLS will also improve sensitivity for all structural variant calls, yielding detection of heterozygous insertions and deletions as small as 500 bp. The DLS kits will allow high-volume users to map a human genome for $500.  

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.