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Researchers
develop rapid genomics strategy to trace coronavirus
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Thanks to cutting-edge Nanopore
genome sequencing technology, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical
Research and the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney have developed the most rapid
coronavirus genome sequencing strategy in Australia to date.
The technological
advance has the potential to provide critical, timely clues on how cases of
SARS-CoV-2 infection are linked.
The researchers today published an
analytical validation and best practice guidelines for Nanopore sequencing of
SARS-CoV-2 in
Nature Communications, which they hope will enable a
greater uptake of the fast sequencing technology for health initiatives in Australia
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Thanks to cutting-edge âNanoporeâ genome sequencing technology, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney have developed the most rapid coronavirus genome sequencing strategy in Australia to date. The technological advance has the potential to provide critical, timely clues on how cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection are linked.
The researchers today published an analytical validation and best practice guidelines for Nanopore sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in Nature Communications, which they hope will enable greater uptake of the fast sequencing technology for health initiatives in Australia and overseas.
âEvery time the SARS-CoV-2 virus passes from person to person, it may make copying errors that change a couple of its 30,000 genetic letters. By identifying this genetic variation, we can establish how different cases of coronavirus are linked â to know where a case was potentially picked up from and who th