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Sygnis TrueHelix

Feb 02, 2017

Sygnis has launched TrueHelix, a web-accessible bioinformatics platform for next-generation sequencing analysis services.

The first tool released on it will be TruePure, a sample purity validation service that checks for contamination from environmental or other sources.

Sygnis plans to add more tools over the rest of the year.

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