RNA-seq has emerged as an important technology for measuring gene expression in peripheral blood samples collected from humans and other vertebrate species. In particular, transcriptomics analyses of whole blood can be used to study immunobiology and develop novel biomarkers of infectious disease. However, ...
Read More »A new method simplifies RNA-Seq analysis and blood biomarker discovery
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Estonian Competence Centre on Health Technologies have developed a new gene expression analysis method to widen the usage of blood in biomarker discovery and analysis. Their paper is published in the journal Scientific ...
Read More »RNA-seq for blood-based pan-cancer diagnostics
from Nature Reviews Genetics by Liesbet Lieben A systemic, minimally invasive diagnostic test to determine whether an individual has cancer could greatly improve cancer prognosis by facilitating early diagnosis and improving monitoring. However, the use of blood-based ‘liquid biopsies’ is ...
Read More »RNA-Seq allows the identification of intronic causative mutations missed by the usual filtering of Whole Exome Sequencing
(ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders with high heritability. Recent findings support a highly heterogeneous and complex genetic etiology including rare de novo and inherited mutations or chromosomal rearrangements as well as double or multiple hits. A team led ...
Read More »Exiqon launches next generation sequencing services for microRNAs in blood
Copenhagen, 2015-03-31 14:23 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of Next Generation Sequencing services for microRNAs present in blood serum and plasma. This new ...
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