A new version (1.3.0) of the BLAST RNA-seq mapping tool, Magic-BLAST, is now available.
The new version provides improved sensitivity, reports unaligned reads, does not cache SRA sequences in local files, and fixes issues with SAM format. The release notes are available at https://ncbi.github.io/magicblast/release/release.html
The new executables are available on the NCBI FTP site at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/magicblast/LATEST
Magic-BLAST is a tool for mapping large next-generation RNA or DNA sequencing runs against a whole genome or transcriptome. Read more here: https://ncbi.github.io/magicblast