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Coverage of Illumina in the Nexus archive.
- STAT+: Human Cell Atlas leader’s tie to 10x Genomics raises conflict-of-interest questions
The International Human Cell Atlas Consortium is hosting a major meeting in Boston, featuring leaders like Aviv Regev and Eric Lander, as it advances toward publishing its first draft of a comprehensive human cell map. The project faces potential conflict-of-interest concerns due to its reliance on 10x Genomics' technology, which is now competing with other emerging spatial biology tools from companies like Vizgen and Illumina.
- Senegal: Institut Pasteur de Dakar Sequences the First Human Whole Genomes in the Country and Launches an Early Cancer Detection Platform
Institut Pasteur de Dakar has sequenced the first 40 human whole genomes in Senegal using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The institution launched a clinical laboratory and bioinformatics platform for testing early-onset breast cancer predisposition and rare heritable gene changes. A multidisciplinary research program integrating genomics, infectious diseases, and environmental factors aims to address cancer's growing burden in Senegal and Africa.