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Complete Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen ink merger

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 07:00 AM

Complete Genomics, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of whole human genomic sequencing, and BGI-Shenzhen, an international genomics company based in Shenzhen, China, have entered into a definitive merger agreement.

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1000 Genomes Project data available on Amazon Cloud

Monday, April 2, 2012 02:51 PM

The world's largest set of data on human genetic variation — produced by the international 1000 Genomes Project — is now publicly available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, the according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Roche, BGI develop advanced MHC technology

Monday, November 28, 2011 11:47 AM
Roche NimbleGen and BGI have developed a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region capture technology based on NimbleGen SeqCap EZ Choice Library, a process for the enrichment of the MHC region. This newly developed approach allows easy capture and enrichment of these highly repetitive regions and enables the generation of deep sequencing coverage of the human MHC region. This new sample preparation approach overcomes the limitations of traditional methods of PCR and genomic enrichment used for disease and drug research. 

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Merck, BGI collaborate

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 01:05 PM

Merck and BGI have established a collaboration to focus on the discovery and development of biomarkers and genomic technologies. Under the agreement scientists from Merck and BGI will work closely together to identify and characterize biomarkers with an emphasis on drug discovery, drug development and diagnostics applications across a wide range of therapeutic areas.

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