Pacific Biosciences' Software Upgrade Enhances De Novo Genome Assembly, Variant Calling and cDNA Transcript Analysis

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer, today announced it is releasing a new software upgrade that provides higher quality genome assemblies with near perfect base level accuracy in addition to other key features. The software upgrade extends the range of projects that uniquely benefit from the company's Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) DNA Sequencing method, and will be available to customers for download on January 31st.