Category: Platforms
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How a bot beamed from California to Japan may prevent cancer patients from losing their breasts unnecessarily
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health | EurekAlert! | May 3, 2022 Too many women are getting unnecessary mastectomies and other invasive procedures because of a knowledge gap about differences in cancer genes. A new study offers a path to closing the gap. Nearly a decade ago, Angelina Jolie made famous that preventative mastectomies can help women…
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UCSC and Amazon Web Services work to accelerate genomics research
As AWS expands their products for genomics research, UCSC is a key partner in making complex analysis more accessible to scientists.
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Genomics Institute tool becomes primary method to identify lineages of COVID-19 worldwide
Widespread use of the “UShER” tool will enable public health officials to more accurately identify and track the virus’s variants Emily Cerf | UCSC | April 4, 2022 As COVID-19 continues to mutate, software developed and maintained at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Genomics Institute will now be at the core of the primary…
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UCSC contributes to Guinness World Record for fastest sequencing
Isha Salian | NVIDIA | February 18, 2022 Guinness World Records this week presented a Stanford University-led research team with the first record for fastest DNA sequencing technique — a benchmark set using a workflow sped up by AI and accelerated computing. Achieved in five hours and two minutes, the DNA sequencing record can allow…