PacBio: PacBio Licenses New Methylation Tech for HiFi Sequencing, Will Deliver to Revio, Vega Systems

Bio-IT World | PacBio this week announced it is licensing advanced DNA methylation detection methods developed by Professor Dennis Lo and colleagues at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Centre for Novostics to improve the methylation detection capabilities in HiFi chemistry. The licensed technology is designed to enhance PacBio HiFi sequencing with improved detection of DNA base modifications-including 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and hemimethylated 5-methylcytosine (5mC)-in native DNA.