Sequencing
News on NGS technologies, RNA-seq, clinical sequencing, & sample prep in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
'Viking Genes' Study Uncovers Actionable Variants in Scottish Island Founder Populations
Researchers found and returned actionable clinical variant findings to dozens of study participants descended from Orkney and Shetland founder populations.
Kicked off in 2022 by Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, BeginNGS has expanded to multiple hospitals in the US and is looking to go international.
The firm is using single-cell, multiomics analysis to probe tumor samples from very long-term cancer survivors for keys to defeating the disease.
Brain Aging GWAS Informs Drug Repurposing Effort
Researchers used Mendelian randomization and quantitative trait locus analyses to search for targets of potential drugs that could slow down brain aging.
Oxford Nanopore, Dubai Health Partner on Carrier Screening Using Nanopore Sequencing
The collaborators aim to demonstrate the capabilities of nanopore sequencing in samples with known mutations and in a prospective study to identify disease carriers.