Systematic errors in enzymatic conversion limit cell-free DNA methylation specificity
Netanel Loyfer, Judith Magenheim, Alaa Darwish, Sara Isaac, Jay Ganbat, Hussam Babikir, Anjeet Jhutty, Jonathan C. M. Wan, Antoni Bayés‐Genís, Elena Revuelta‐López, Amir Eden, Ravi Solanki, Yuval Dor, Tommy Kaplan
The paper identifies a systematic over-conversion error in EM-seq that introduces false-positive methylation signals in cfDNA analysis.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2026 · PreprintGenomics