Let me add an informal ‘bet’ - measuring ~9000 proteins on the SOMAmer-based platform in these 50k samples will yield more actionable new discoveries (biomarkers for stratification, pQTLs for drug targets) than measuring far fewer proteins (and very few new proteins*) in 300-600k samples in the parallel PPP study. Any takers? * See https://lnkd.in/dHub6w-D
Proteomics is entering a transformative era, and we are excited to be collaborating with Illumina and pharma leaders on a new proteomics pilot program with the UK Biobank. The new Illumina Protein Prep NGS-based proteomics platform, powered by our SOMAmer™ technology, will provide deeper biological insights into this cohort. We look forward to sharing the data from this project with the research community later this year. Read more about this collaboration at: https://lnkd.in/eFuum3ed Learn about our work with biobanks around the world: https://lnkd.in/ejvBW5RV #Proteomics #Illumina
Mmmh, in general I'd say more markers are fantastic. But in the end this is a question of specificity and how great those markers can consequently be associated to SNPs. What can you gain from a marker assay, when its reproducibility is outstanding (small CV%), but it is unspecific. Had this issue not been published for Soma? Anyway, for a paid study, this is fine and everyone will be interested to see the correlation of commonly shared markers between both studies and how meaningful additional markers truly are (there might also be a huge redundancy for markers being associated to a common biological pathway). Fact is, the UKB-PPP is leading the way and in the end technological diversity will help scientists to even more accelerate population health. 👍 👌
Why would you want to limit yourself with a pre-defined panel at all?
. Thank you Ray Chen very well said. Hopefully, we all do our best to elevate the scientific output of proteomics to improve healthcare for current and future generations.
Thats a very different perspective, imagine if its correct?
I think you might be right!
Great perspective
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1moPerhaps we don’t use patient samples with real diseases, lives, and consequences behind them as a measuring stick to see who has bigger hands or crowd sizes? Have we not learned anything from the CEO of Guardant Health? Maybe, just maybe we uplift each other and marvel at the come of age of unprecedented scale in the field of proteomics? https://guardanthealth.com/2024/09/16/an-open-letter-from-amirali-talasaz-co-ceo-of-guardant-health/