Quality Assurance & Food Safety

FSIS Updates Whole Genome Sequencing Laboratory Method

The agency's method now incorporates the Illumina MiSeq i100 sequencing platform, and the Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook ...
Fierce Healthcare

The evolving state of exome and genome sequencing

Rare diseases, defined in the U.S. as conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people, can take years, if not decades, to diagnose. About 10,000 rare diseases affect 30 million Americans, and half of ...
Labroots

Whole genome sequencing of over 1000 cannabis cultivars and cannabis microbiome within

Using Illumina sequencing, we have whole genome sequenced over 1000 Cannabis cultivars and mined that data for microbial prevalence across various cannabis tissue types. Of interest, we find 10 ...
Business Insider

Baylor Genetics Enhances Whole Genome Sequencing Test with Optical Genome Mapping and Long‑Read Sequencing as Supplemental Technologies

HOUSTON, March 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baylor Genetics, a leading diagnostic genomics partner offering a full spectrum of clinically relevant genetic testing, today announced enhancements to its ...
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Translational Implications of Microbiome Testing Methodologies in Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review of 16S rRNA Sequencing, Shotgun Metagenomics, and Short-Chain Fatty Acid ...

Randomized Phase III Trial for Evaluating the Efficacy of Adjuvant Abemaciclib in Patients With Locoregional Recurrence of Hormone Receptor–Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Negative ...
Medical Xpress

Long-read genome sequencing uncovers new autism gene variants

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS), an ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Scrappy San Diego startup goes toe-to-toe with gene-sequencing giant Illumina

Element Biosciences is going toe-to-toe with gene-sequencing giant Illumina, unveiling a device that can read DNA for half the price of the industry leader’s technology. On Thursday, Element ...
CNBC

Florida Sunshine Genetics Law offers newborns free genome sequencing, a first in the country

After losing his son Drew to Tay-Sachs Disease in 2019, Adam Anderson’s life took on a new path. He ran for local office in Florida and became a leader in rare disease policy, creating a new genetic ...
The Conversation

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Marlene Belfort does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Business Wire

seqWell Launches AgriPrep™ Library Prep Kit for Low Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing

BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--seqWell, a global provider of genomic library and multiplexing workflow solutions, today announced the launch of AgriPrep™ Library Prep Kit, the newest addition to its ...
Morningstar

seqWell Launches AgriPrep™ Library Prep Kit for Low Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing

AgriPrep Library Prep Kit is designed to facilitate adoption of low-pass sequencing & SKIM-sequencing of plant and animal genomes at a fraction of the cost of WGS. AgriPrep is a tagmentation-based ...