Computational framework decomposes and annotates single-cell and spatial omics

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We developed TACCO, a versatile and efficient computational annotation framework, leveraging growing single-cell and spatial omics data to identify cell types and states, decipher molecular and cellular tissue structure, and resolve differentiation trajectories.

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Fig. 1: TACCO annotates spatial genomics and single-molecule datasets.

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This is a summary of: Mages, S. et al. TACCO unifies annotation transfer and decomposition of cell identities for single-cell and spatial omics. Nat. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01657-3 (2023).

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Computational framework decomposes and annotates single-cell and spatial omics.
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