Scientists from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed a technique that will enable researchers to more efficiently isolate and identify rare T cells that are capable of targeting viruses...
Read More »Response to infection therapy better understood thanks to a new sequencing technique
A sequencing-based solution can be utilised to determine infection clearance and microbiota recovery. Next, the researchers will apply the technique to investigate the coronavirus disease. Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. The treatment of bacterial ...
Read More »Cell atlas of tropical disease parasite may hold key to new treatments
The first cell atlas of an important life stage of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic worm that poses a risk to hundreds of millions of people each year...
Read More »Single-cell RNA sequencing of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumor cell populations associated with patient outcomes
MD Anderson researchers developed new prognostic gene signature based on findings Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from...
Read More »RNA Stabilization In Cells And Tissues
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is the major macromolecule essential for converting genetic codes into proteins through structures called ribosomes for performing cellular functions. The major types of RNA are Transfer RNA (tRNA), Messenger RNA (mRNA), and Ribosomal RNA (rRNA). It can ...
Read More »Using single-cell analysis to predict CAR T cell outcomes
Single-cell analysis provides novel insights into elements of CAR T cell toxicities and response. Initial analyses of patients’ apheresis samples and CAR T cell products, largely by flow cytometry, have identified key phenotypic markers associated with a patient’s response. Specifically, ...
Read More »Twist Bioscience to offer synthetic RNA control for UK variant strain of SARS-CoV-2
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced plans to offer a new synthetic RNA control that includes the new variant of SARS-CoV-2...
Read More »Introduction and Application of Transcriptome Sequencing
By definition, a transcriptome is the entire collection of messenger Ribonucleic Acid molecules contained in a specific cell or tissue type in an organism. It correlates with the range of RNA being transcribed from a genome under investigation at a ...
Read More »Bayer will offer testing with Veracyte’s RNA sequencing-based Afirma XA to identify underlying genomic drivers of thyroid cancer
Bayer and Veracyte today announced a new collaboration to advance the Precision Oncology Patient Identification Program in thyroid cancer. Through the program, Bayer will offer testing with...
Read More »A circular sequencing assay to identify errors in RNA sequences directly caused by the activity of a mutagen
In order to survive, flourish and successfully reproduce, organisms rely on a high degree of genetic stability. Mutagenic agents, which can threaten the integrity of the genetic code by causing mutations in DNA, pose a serious risk to human health. ...
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