Dong Lab - Launch of SomaMutDB and HCATA!

Dr. Xiao Dong and his team developed and launched new software: SomaMutDB and HCATA. More info can be found below.

SomaMutDB: A database of somatic mutations in normal human tissues. The mission of SomaMutDB is to provide a resource of somatic mutations in normal human tissues to help improving our understanding of the impact of somatic postzygotic mutagenesis on human healthy aging and disease. Sun S et al., Nucleic Acids Res 2022; Shea A et al., Nucleic Acids Res 2026.

HCATA: Human Cell Aging Transcriptome Atlas. HCATA is designed to provide the gerontology community with a large repository of single cell RNA sequencing data to further a wide range of studies on aging. Bartz J et al., Commun Biol 2025.