On November 10, 2020, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital and BGI Research published a titled “Initial whole-genome sequencing and analysis of the host genetic” in the internationally renowned academic journal “Cell Discovery”. The research results of "contribution to COVID-19 severity and susceptib...
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Last month, Sweden's Public Health Agency announced that two laboratories discovered an RT- PCR kit for SARS-CoV-2 detection had returned around 3,700 false-positive results. The agency expressed concerns that the kits from BGI Genomics could not distinguish between very low levels of the virus...
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TORONTO, May 13, 2020 – Today, Sinai Health, a significant centre for COVID-19 testing in Canada, will receive a donation from The Mammoth Foundation of key laboratory equipment to increase its COVID-19 detection capability. The Mammoth Foundation has donated testing e...
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Utrecht and Qingdao, Sep 4th, 2020 - Hubrecht Organoid Technology (HUB) and BGI-Qingdao announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly establish a Next Generation Diagnostics (NGD) center to improve personalized care, better treatments and cure as well as...
We are puzzled by and greatly regret the decision of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the U.S. Department of Commerce to include two BGI Group entities on the list of Chinese entities facing sanctions. BGI Group does not engage in unethical practices and does not provide gene...
Brisbane, Australia; April 29, 2020 – Federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, and Minderoo Foundation Chairman, Dr Andrew Forrest AO, have announced the ground-breaking partnership formed between the Australian Federal Government and Minderoo Foundation to secure an abundance of CO...
On April 8th, a live video link connected Serbia and three cities in China for a special online signing ceremony. The Serbian government and BGI signed an agreement entrusting BGI to build two "Huo-Yan" (“Fire Eye”) COVID-19 testing labs in Serbia, one in the capital city of Belgrade and...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; March 29, 2020: Group 42 (G42), the leading technology company based in Abu Dhabi, and global genomics leader BGI announced today the launch of a new massive-throughput laboratory built to address the need for population-scale detection and diagnosis of COVID-19 i...
Test kits for the novel coronavirus were jointly donated to Japan by BGI and two partners, the Mammoth Foundation and the Shenzhen Foundation for International Exchange and Cooperation, both based in Shenzhen, China. (Announcement from the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo) ...