Next Generation Sequencing

This book reviews the potential of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in research on and management of colorectal cancer (CRC), a leading cause of death worldwide and one of the most biologically and clinically heterogeneous cancers.

This volume covers a wide range of various fields of research, with the common thread being Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) related methods and applications, as well as analysis and interpretation of the data obtained. Chapters guide readers through the highly dynamic processes of translational and transcriptional profiling of a cell, method to detect copy number alterations (CNAs), targeted sequencing applications, method called “Hi-Plex” to characterize known polymorphic loci, single-cell of DNA or RNA, identify and characterize rare circulating CD4 T cells, and computational pipeline for RNAseq analysis.

The introduction of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies resulted in a major transformation in the way scientists extract genetic information from biological systems, revealing limitless insight about the genome, transcriptome and epigenome of any species.

In recent years, owing to the fast development of a variety of sequencing technologies in the post human genome project era, sequencing analysis of a group of target genes, entire protein coding regions of the human genome, and the whole human genome has become a reality.