This week, the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention posted online its first large tranche of advanced genetic data ...

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, single linear reference genomes (such as GRCh38) have served as the foundation for biomedical research. However, the genetic backgrounds of human ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is backing a large-scale effort to sequence 1,000 measles genomes as ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse lifeforms on Earth, so it’s no surprise that their genomes have yielded a treasure trove of fascinating discoveries. The study of bacterial genomes has led to the ...

How Long-Read Genome Sequencing Works Long-read sequencing starts by breaking up a sample of genetic material into pieces that are often about 20,000 base pairs long. Then the sequencing technology ...

While RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has become a standard tool for profiling which genes are active in an organism, determining ...

Rare diseases, defined in the U.S. as conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people, can take years, if not decades, to ...

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