Whole-Gene Next-Generation Sequencing of HLA Genes Reveals Hidden Diversity of Intronic Regions

Authors: György Horváth, Krisztina Rigó, Tim Hague, Szilveszter Juhos Introduction: Intronic regions of HLA alleles are less studied, but with the help of modern NGS kits covering whole genes it is easier to investigate this relatively unknown domain of sequences. To reveal the diversity of these regions we are presenting the comparison...

 

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Genomics England Announces Successful Companies in Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) for a Share of £8 Million

Genomics England today (11 March 2015) announced the successful companies in its Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Phase Two assessment of Enabling Technologies for Genomics Sequence Data Analysis and Interpretation. £8 million is being made available for the product development stage of the competition with the companies adopting a programme of...

 

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Omixon Upgrade Holotype HLA to 7 Loci

Omixon announce that Holotype HLA™, a HLA genotyping product that is NGS-based and provides the most complete and accurate characterization of the HLA genes, will be extended from five to seven HLA loci. Launched with five loci (HLA-A, B, C, DRB1, DQB1) in October 2014, and currently available under...

 

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