BGI Group has noted that the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability has recently voted to advance the BIOSECURE Act (H.R. 8333), which would restrict some researchers and laboratories in the U.S. from accessing our services.We want to reiterate, as we’ve stated in Ja...
Learn detailsChachi mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. Chachiensis), cultivated for over 700 years in Xinhui, Guangdong, China, is more than just a fruit; it's a vital component of traditional Chinese medicine. Known locally as "Guangchenpi," its peels are highly valued in herbal medicine for the...
Learn detailsThalassemia is a rare, inherited blood disorder caused by mutations in the genes involved in hemoglobin production that cause the body to produce less hemoglobin than normal. The lack of hemoglobin leads to red blood cells not performing properly, leading to conditions ranging from mild to severe an...
Learn detailsThe recently-proposed BIOSECURE Act (H.R. 7085) in the U.S. contains numerous false allegations against BGI Group (“BGI”) and will limit competition in the important field of human genome sequencing by using the legislative process to pick winners and losers in the marketplace.BGI ful...
Recently, Tashpulatov Farkhodzhan Mukhammadzhonovich, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, visited the BGI global headquarters with his delegation. During this visit, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Public Health of the Repub...
Recently, significant progress has been made in the trial cultivation project of perennial rice in Burundi. With the help of agricultural experts from BGI Bioverse, a subsidiary of BGI Group, local residents have successfully completed the planting of rice for the first season. Burundi joins Uganda,...
Researchers from BGI-Research and collaborating institutions (Southwest Forestry University; Xi’an Jiaotong University; South China Botanical Garden; and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai) have recently assembled high-quality, chromosome-scale genome sequences for 11 economically and ecologicall...
Thalassemia, a term echoing throughout the globe, refers to one of the most prevalent and dangerous monogenic hereditary diseases. Patients suffering from severe thalassemia are from the moment of diagnosis shackled to a lifetime of continuous blood transfusions to sustain their lives. Alternatively...
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-induced hypertensive complication closely linked to the immune system. It severely impacts maternal and infant health and has an incidence rate of approximately 2-5%. It usually occurs after 20 weeks of pregnancy, so early screening and risk prediction are crucial for ear...