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Scientists in the Stegle and Marioni groups, in collaboration with scientists at the Babraham Institute<\/a> and University of Edinburgh<\/a>, have developed the first single-cell analysis method that allows simultaneously analysis of nucleosome, methylation and transcription. scNMT-seq allows researchers to analyse differences between single cells that could play key roles in both the early stages of life and the first stages of diseases such as cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about the paper on EMBL-EBI News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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New technique that elucidates how different types of cells are made, could facilitate earlier detection of diseases<\/p>\n","related_links":[{"link_description":"","link_url":""},{"link_description":"","link_url":""},{"link_description":"","link_url":""},{"link_description":"","link_url":""}],"article_sources":[{"source_description":"

Clark et al<\/em>.\u00a0scNMT-seq enables joint profiling of chromatin accessibility DNA methylation and transcription in single cells,\u00a0Nature Communications,\u00a0<\/em>published online February 22, 2018. DOI:10.1038\/s41467-018-03149-4<\/p>\n","source_link_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-018-03149-4"}],"vf_locked":false,"featured":false,"color":"#007B53","show_featured_image":false,"field_target_display":"embl","field_article_language":{"value":"english","label":"English"},"source_article":false,"in_this_article":false,"press_contact":"None","article_translations":false,"languages":""},"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"yoast_head":"\nInsights into early cell life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New technique offers insights into early cell life, revealing how different cells are made. 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