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Most Viewed Articles on GWDN Last Week: Dec 15, 2014

Dec 15, 2014 | staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – What were the articles that gained the most interest from GenomeWeb readers last week? Here are the top five:

 

1)      Congress Proposes $30.3B in 2015 Funding for NIH

2)      Roche Buys Tissue Dissection Technology from AvanSci Bio

3)      Abbott Pathogen Detection Platform Obtains CE Mark

4)      China Approves Epigenomics Colorectal Cancer Test

5)      Immunosequencing Comes of Age as Researchers Demo Clinical Utility, Aim for FDA-cleared Products

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.