Selecting the best NGS enrichment assay for your needs

Introduction

Next generation sequencing (NGS) is now in routine use for a broad range of research and clinical applications. The rapid rate of adoption has been facilitated by falling reagent costs, benchtop instruments, improved chemistries and improved data analysis solutions. However, the cost and complexity of data analysis still remain significant hurdles — particularly for whole genome sequencing. In the majority of cases, targeted approaches, such as custom NGS panels, are more cost-effective and generate significantly less, but equally meaningful data in a much shorter timescale.