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BioVLAB-MMIA-NGS – MicroRNA-mRNA Integrated Analysis using High Throughput Sequencing Data

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It is now well established that microRNAs (miRNAs) play a critical role in regulating gene expression in a sequence specific manner and genome-wide efforts are underway to predict known and novel miRNA targets. However, the integrated miRNA-mRNA analysis remains a ...

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Pegasus – a comprehensive annotation and prediction tool for detection of driver gene fusions in cancer

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The extraordinary success of imatinib in the treatment of BCR-ABL1 associated cancers underscores the need to identify novel functional gene fusions in cancer. RNA sequencing offers a genome-wide view of expressed transcripts, uncovering biologically functional gene fusions. Although several bioinformatics ...

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Inaugural Appistry Pipeline Challenge is Launched

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The Pipeline Challenge aims to select and reward a winning proposal for an innovative next-generation sequencing analysis pipeline. Any US-based researcher is eligible to enter the competition, which runs until August 15. The winner will receive $70,000 worth of bioinformatics ...

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