New world record set for fastest whole human genome sequencing in less than 4 hours

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"Boston Children's Hospital, along with Broad Clinical Labs and Roche Sequencing Solutions, has demonstrated that rapid genomic sequencing and interpretation are achievable in a matter of hours. ..."

"Broad Clinical Labs, in collaboration with Roche Sequencing Solutions and Boston Children’s Hospital, today announced official recognition by Guinness World Records for achieving the fastest DNA sequencing technique to date. Leveraging Roche’s new SBX sequencing technology and a streamlined, integrated workflow, the teams completed sequencing and analysis of the whole human genome in less than 4 hours, surpassing the previous benchmark of 5 hours and 2 minutes.

The team subsequently applied this process to samples obtained from the Boston Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit to demonstrate a same day workflow from blood to report. ..."

New world record set for fastest human whole genome sequencing

Broad Clinical Labs sets new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for fastest DNA sequencing technique (original news release) "Whole human genome sequencing and analysis was completed in less than 4 hours, surpassing the previous benchmark of 5 hours and 2 minutes."

Toward Same-Day Genome Sequencing in the Critical Care Setting (no public access)

Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) – a novel, high-throughput single-molecule sequencing technology

Credits: Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Fig. 3. Expandable nucleotide structure.

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