The authors combined the Oxford Nanopore-based workflow, Rapid-CNS2, with the methylation classifier MNP-Flex to analyse central nervous system tumours rapidly. Within 30 minutes, methylation classification and copy number profiles were reported, with full molecular profiling available in 24 hours. The nanopore data identified key variants previously missed by short-read methods, and up to 94.6% of results matched standard diagnostic tests highlighting the potential for this Oxford Nanopore-based approach to accelerate personalised cancer care in the future.
Authors: Areeba Patel, Kirsten Göbel, Sebastian Ille, Felix Hinz, Natalie Schoebe, Henri Bogumil, Jochen Meyer, Michelle Brehm, Helin Kardo, Daniel Schrimpf, Artem Lomakin, Michael Ritter, Pauline Göller, Paul Kerbs, Lisa Pfeifer, Stefan Hamelmann, Christina Blume, Franziska M. Ippen, Natalie Berghaus, Philipp Euskirchen, Leonille Schweizer, Claus Hultschig, Nadine Van Roy, Jo Van Dorpe, Joni Van der Meulen, Siebe Loontiens, Franceska Dedeurwaerdere, Henning Leske, Skarphéðinn Halldórsson, Graeme Fox, Simon Deacon, Inswasti Cahyani, Nadine Holmes, Satrio Wibowo, Rory Munro, Dan Martin, Abid Sharif, Mark Housley, Robert Goldspring, Sebastian Brandner, Somak Roy, Jürgen Hench, Stephan Frank, Andreas Unterberg, Violaine Goidts, Natalie Jäger, Simon Paine, Stuart Smith, Christel Herold-Mende, Wolfgang Wick, Stefan M. Pfister, Einar O. Vik-Mo, Andreas von Deimling, Sandro Krieg, David TW Jones, Matthew Loose, Matthias Schlesner, Martin Sill, Felix Sahm
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