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Qlucore Omics Explorer Version 3.7

Mar 23, 2021

Qlucore has introduced version 3.7 of its Qlucore Omics Explorer, which the company dubbed an "extensive upgrade" to its flagship bioinformatics product. The new release adds support for ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq analysis. It also features new visualizaton functions and a redesigned statistical framework for the built-in genome browser, plus a redesigned biomarker workbench that has been optimized for biomarker discovery and drug development.  

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