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MGI Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Solution

BGI subsidiary MGI has begun marketing a product solution that allows users of BGI and MGI sequencing platforms to perform single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) with 10x Genomics' technology. The solution includes the MGIEasy Universal Library Conversion Kit, a new product, as well as the 10x Genomics Chromium Controller and Single-Cell RNA Solutions. Researchers from the UK and Australia recently tested BGI's sequencing technology for scRNA-seq with 10x Genomics' platform.

The Scan

Genetic Ancestry of South America's Indigenous Mapuche Traced

Researchers in Current Biology analyzed genome-wide data from more than five dozen Mapuche individuals to better understand their genetic history.

Study Finds Variants Linked to Diverticular Disease, Presents Polygenic Score

A new study in Cell Genomics reports on more than 150 genetic variants associated with risk of diverticular disease.

Mild, Severe Psoriasis Marked by Different Molecular Features, Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis Finds

A spatial transcriptomics paper in Science Immunology finds differences in cell and signaling pathway activity between mild and severe psoriasis.

ChatGPT Does As Well As Humans Answering Genetics Questions, Study Finds

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics had ChatGPT answer genetics-related questions, finding it was about 68 percent accurate, but sometimes gave different answers to the same question.