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  "id": 15603891,
  "title": "U-Chrom: a unified framework for single-cell and spatial 3D genome data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/u-chrom-a-unified-framework-for-single-cell-and-spatial-3d-genome-data",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.18.759996v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Single-cell Hi-C, spatial Hi-C and chromatin tracing measure the same genomes in incompatible formats. ChromData, one data model, indexes all three by cell and genomic bin; an open-source toolkit, linked browser and 22-dataset atlas build on it. Applied to ten mouse brain datasets of all three assays, the same calls rank cell types alike by short- over long-range proximity, and contact-based…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}