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Using metagenomic sequencing to evaluate the composition of microbiome in patients with Covid-19
Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) combines the offer of detection of early stages of emerging pathogens directly from...
Apr 5, 2024


Exploring the HoloRuminant Microbiome
HoloRuminant is a global initiative aiming to elucidate the role of ruminant-associated microbiomes and their interplay with the host...
Apr 4, 2024


Next-generation sequencing role in pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) represents an efficient and reliable method to evaluate the contribution of both common and rare...
Apr 3, 2024


Insights into paleogenetics from NGS
While ‘modern’ humans are the only hominin species existing on the planet today, in the past our species has overlapped both temporally...
Feb 12, 2024


NGS in clinical histocompatibility testing
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region is one of the most researched parts of the human genome due to the fact multiple vital genes for...
Jan 22, 2024


Whole Exome Sequencing of Endangered Harlequin Frogs
In order to avoid extinction in a quickly changing environment, a species must adapt rapidly to avoid extinction. A group of researchers...
Nov 29, 2023


Visit from Princess Royal to the Pentlands Science Park
We were delighted and honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the Pentlands Science Park to discuss our work in...
Nov 19, 2023


The link between proteogenomics and the advancement in precision medicine
The emerging discipline of proteogenomics arose from the combination of two molecular biology fields – mass spectrometry (MS)-based...
Sep 14, 2023


Genetic research and diagnosis of Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease affecting around 10% of women of reproductive age. The main symptoms of endometriosis are pain...
Aug 27, 2022


Genome-first approach to mendelian cardiovascular disease
Since the 1990s cardiovascular genomics has been a popular area of research, heading toward a genome-first approach to the diagnosis and...
Aug 27, 2022


WES and WGS as Cost-Effective Prenatal Tests
egSEQ Technology Whole exome sequencing (WES) and Whole genome sequencing (WGS) have been increasingly adopted as the primary prenatal...
Aug 27, 2022


Uncovering variants by utilising WES on HIV-positive population in Botswana
Although Africa is a genetically diverse continent there has not been extensive genetic disease mapping of the continent as there has...
Aug 27, 2022
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