Qlucore, leading software provider of powerful visualization-based bioinformatics data analysis tools for research and precision diagnostics, is working with leading scientific experts at Lund University (Sweden), Gothenburg University (Sweden) and in China to develop new diagnostics methods and software solutions ...
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A Brazilian study published in the Journal of Pineal Research describes a group of genes potentially regulated by the hormone melatonin in some types of cancer, especially breast cancer. According to the authors, the results can be used to guide future personalized therapies for ...
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The ability to culture cerebral organoids or “minibrains” using stem cells derived from people has given scientists experimentally manipulable models of human neurological development and disease, but not without confounding challenges...
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Scientists have tracked the very early stages of human foetal gut development in incredible detail, and found specific cell functions that appear to be reactivated in the gut of children with Crohn’s Disease...
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A group of researchers led by Maximillian Merz, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology with the Myeloma team at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, conducted the first prospective clinical trial investigating spatial heterogeneity in patients with either...
Read More »Top Benefits of Using the Technique of Single Cell RNA-Seq
The technology of Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) has enabled robust as well as simple access to the transcriptomes of the single cells. With Single Cell RNA-Seq, getting better insights about the individual cell tissues has become a lot easier. This, ...
Read More »Guidelines for accurate amplicon-based sequencing of SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 genotyping has been instrumental to monitor virus evolution and transmission during the pandemic. The reliability of the information extracted from the genotyping efforts depends on a number...
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