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Synthego Inference of CRISPR Edits Software

Jan 29, 2018

Synthego has launched a new tool named Inference of CRISPR Edits, or ICE. This CRISPR analysis software features rapid, reproducible batch processing of Sanger data. It's also free to use and open source, according to the company. Featuring an easy-to-use interface, ICE provides insertion and deletion percentage, indel contributions, and total discordance against wild-type sequence data for up to hundreds of samples at a time, the company said.

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