Have you recently wondered how social-distancing and self-isolation may be affecting your brain? An international research team led by Erin Schuman from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research...
Read More »New England Biolabs® Introduces NEBNext® Custom RNA Depletion Design Tool and RNA Depletion Core Reagent Set for Customizable RNA Depletion
IPSWICH, Mass., Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, New England Biolabs (NEB®) announced further expansion of its RNA depletion product portfolio with the launch of the NEBNext Custom RNA Depletion Design Tool and NEBNext RNA Depletion Core Reagent Set. Together, these enable a ...
Read More »University of Helsinki researchers developed a sequence analysis pipeline for virus discovery
A novel bioinformatics pipeline identifies both previously known and novel viruses. Researchers from the University of Helsinki have developed a novel bioinformatics pipeline called Lazypipe for identifying viruses in host-associated or environmental...
Read More »RNA-Seq library preparation solution for rapid viral and pathogen characterization at the limits of detection
Tecan has launched the Revelo RNA-Seq kit, offering end-to-end processing of human samples to enable complete viral RNA-Seq library preparation – including library quantification – in a single day. This kit has been developed specifically to address the pathogen detection ...
Read More »Researchers apply the Perturb-Seq method to a living organism for the first time
Scientists at Harvard University, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and MIT have developed a technology to investigate the function of many...
Read More »NovoSpaRc algorithm reveals functional information from single-cell sequencing
By analyzing the gene expression of single cells, algorithms are able to not only reconstruct their original location in the tissue, but also to...
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Researchers from Mount Sinai and the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan have identified new molecular mechanisms driving late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD), as well as a...
Read More »RNA sequencing reveals the link between obesity and puberty
Mouse study identifies genes connecting the onset of puberty to the remodeling of specific brain sites. Puberty, the transformational period where a child reaches physical and sexual maturity, is a near universal human experience, yet the fundamental processes behind how ...
Read More »HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine
The goal of the HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine is to make and translate RNA discoveries into novel therapeutics and diagnostics by fostering a climate of outstanding basic, translational and clinical research with world-leading scientists and...
Read More »Targeting drug-resistant cancers with fluctuation analysis and RNA MemorySeq
Researchers find vulnerable stages in stubborn cancer cells Among the things to give thanks for this year is the fact that stubborn, persistent problems...
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