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Ultrafast and reference-free sequence discovery in single-cell data

Nature Bioinformatics AI Daniel León-Periñán, Nikos Karaiskos, Nikolaus Rajewsky 2026-08-26

TL;DR - Malva is a method for ultrafast, reference-free discovery of raw sequences in single-cell datasets spanning millions of cells. It could turn static transcriptomic atlases into searchable resources for investigating sequence function.

  • Searches raw single-cell sequences without requiring a reference sequence.
  • Scales sequence discovery across millions of cells.
  • Enables dynamic querying of large transcriptomic atlases.
  • The provided abstract does not specify benchmarks, implementation details, or biological findings.

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