A new study has been initiated to evaluate whole-genome and RNA-sequencing as a first line diagnostic approach for patients in Sweden with acute leukemia. The study will assess the potential of these sequencing approaches to replace...
Read More »RNA-Seq bioinformatics among the open source software projects awarded funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $3.8 million in funding for 23 grants to support open source software projects essential to biomedical research, enabling software maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement. As part of CZI’s Essential Open Source Software for ...
Read More »NY scientists to conduct a genome and RNA sequencing study to better understand COVID-related illnesses in children
NY State Department of Health is Partnering with the NY Genome Center and Rockefeller University to Conduct a Genome and RNA Sequencing Study to Better Understand COVID-Related Illnesses in Children Hospitals Have Reported 73 Cases of COVID-Related Illness in Children ...
Read More »Bayer and Neogenomics to provide RNA sequencing-based testing for NTRK gene fusion at no cost for people living with advanced thyroid and colorectal cancers
Bayer today announced the launch of Test4TRK™ program in collaboration with NeoGenomics, Inc. to offer genomic cancer testing for NTRK gene fusions at no cost for patients with RAI-refractory (RAI-R) differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and metastatic...
Read More »Researchers map coronavirus RNA genomes to help track future outbreaks
Scientists at New York City’s health department have begun to analyze the novel coronavirus’s genetic material to allow them to trace the origins of any...
Read More »Direct RNA sequencing and early evolution of SARS-CoV-2
Fundamental aspects of SARS-CoV-2 biology remain to be described, having the potential to provide insight to the response effort for this high-priority pathogen. University of Melbourne researchers...
Read More »RNA sequencing draws a packed house in Ann Arbor
The Advanced Genomics Core and Illumina host a sold-out event at U-M.On Wednesday, February 5th, 177 U-M researchers came out in droves to learn from the technical experts of Illumina...
Read More »Study provides first look at sperm microbiome using RNA sequencing sensitive enough to detect bacteria
A new collaborative study published by a research team from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, the CReATe Fertility Centre and the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides the first in-depth look at the microbiome of human...
Read More »Ancient pleistocene RNA sequenced
RNA -- the short-lived transcripts of genes -- from the "Tumat puppy", a wolf of the Pleistocene era has been isolated, and its sequence analyzed in a new study by Oliver Smith of the University of Copenhagen...
Read More »RNA-Seq links world trade center dust and prostate cancer
World Trade Center (WTC) responders with prostate cancer showed signs that exposure to dust from the World Trade Center site had activated chronic inflammation in their prostates, which may have contributed to their cancer, according to a study by Mount ...
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