Next-generation sequencing technology: current trends and advancements

H Satam, K Joshi, U Mangrolia, S Waghoo, G Zaidi… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a powerful tool used in genomics
research. NGS can sequence millions of DNA fragments at once, providing detailed …

Liquid biopsy of methylation biomarkers in cell-free DNA

H Luo, W Wei, Z Ye, J Zheng, R Xu - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Liquid biopsies, in particular, analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA), have emerged as a
promising noninvasive diagnostic approach in oncology. Abnormal distribution of DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide programmable transcriptional memory by CRISPR-based epigenome editing

JK Nuñez, J Chen, GC Pommier, JZ Cogan… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
A general approach for heritably altering gene expression has the potential to enable many
discovery and therapeutic efforts. Here, we present CRISPRoff—a programmable epigenetic …

Epigenetic patterns in a complete human genome

A Gershman, MEG Sauria, X Guitart, MR Vollger… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The completion of a telomere-to-telomere human reference genome, T2T-CHM13, has
resolved complex regions of the genome, including repetitive and homologous regions …

[HTML][HTML] Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome

KH Miga, S Koren, A Rhie, MR Vollger, A Gershman… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
After two decades of improvements, the current human reference genome (GRCh38) is the
most accurate and complete vertebrate genome ever produced. However, no single …

The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight

FE Garrett-Bakelman, M Darshi, SJ Green, RC Gur… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION To date, 559 humans have been flown into space, but long-duration (> 300
days) missions are rare (n= 8 total). Long-duration missions that will take humans to Mars …

Prostate cancer reactivates developmental epigenomic programs during metastatic progression

MM Pomerantz, X Qiu, Y Zhu, DY Takeda, W Pan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Epigenetic processes govern prostate cancer (PCa) biology, as evidenced by the
dependency of PCa cells on the androgen receptor (AR), a prostate master transcription …

High-throughput single-сell sequencing in cancer research

Q Jia, H Chu, Z **, H Long, B Zhu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
With advances in sequencing and instrument technology, bioinformatics analysis is being
applied to batches of massive cells at single-cell resolution. High-throughput single-cell …

Detecting DNA cytosine methylation using nanopore sequencing

JT Simpson, RE Workman, PC Zuzarte, M David… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In nanopore sequencing devices, electrolytic current signals are sensitive to base
modifications, such as 5-methylcytosine (5-mC). Here we quantified the strength of this effect …

Targeted nanopore sequencing with Cas9-guided adapter ligation

T Gilpatrick, I Lee, JE Graham, E Raimondeau… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite recent improvements in sequencing methods, there remains a need for assays that
provide high sequencing depth and comprehensive variant detection. Current methods …