The importance of diversity and cellular specialization is clear for many reasons, from population-level diversification, to improved resiliency to unforeseen stresses, to unique functions within...
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Short-read sequencing can be a bit like trying to reconstruct paragraphs of text word by word—a daunting process. By contrast, long-read sequencing
Read More »Establishing Clinical-Grade RNA Sequencing
from Weill Cornell Medical College News The many different approaches used to sequence RNA, even severely degraded RNA, can produce relatively similar results, a finding that should reassure patients, physicians and scientists faced with a variety of new technologies that ...
Read More »Multi-platform assessment of transcriptome profiling using RNA-seq in the ABRF next-generation sequencing study
High-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) greatly expands the potential for genomics discoveries, but the wide variety of platforms, protocols and performance capabilitites has created the need for comprehensive reference data. Here the authors describe the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities next-generation ...
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