Roche takes aim at Illumina's dominance with new gene sequencing machine

By Bhanvi Satija and Marleen Kaesebier LONDON/ZURICH, June 29 (Reuters) - Roche launched its next-generation gene sequencing machine on Monday, marking a bid by the Swiss drugmaker and diagnostics ...
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Machine learning tool improves accuracy of genome mapping studies

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have identified a widespread source of error in a popular method for ...

Low-cost genome sequencing approach is powering genetics research on mental illness and many other studies

For researchers on the hunt for the genetic roots of disease, the cost of deep whole-genome sequencing makes it challenging ...
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Integrative exome sequencing and machine learning identify new genes contributing to systemic sclerosis risk

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with complex genetic causes. Some genetic contributors have been identified, but others remain unknown, which has impeded development of ...
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Machine learning algorithm brings long-read sequencing to the clinic

Researchers at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have developed a new machine learning method called SAVANA that significantly reduces sequencing errors for cancer genomes. Long-read ...
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Improving newborn genetic screening

More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn genomic sequencing results to parents and measure the effects on newborn care. Today, over 30 ...