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Most Viewed Articles on GWDN Last Week: May 28, 2012

May 28, 2012 | staff reporter

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

1) Studies Reveal New Prostate Cancer Mutation Profiles, Subtypes
2) GE Taps Former Affymetrix President Siegel to Lead Healthymagination
3) NHGRI, NICHD Plan $25M Newborn Sequencing Screening Grants Program
4) Smithsonian Museum to Launch Genomics Exhibit Supported by Life Technologies Foundation
5) Methylation Patterns in Pig Tissues Provide Clues to Obesity-Related Gene Regulation

Breaking News
The Scan

For Better Odds

Bloomberg reports that a child has been born following polygenic risk score screening as an embryo.

Booster Decision Expected

The New York Times reports the US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine this week for individuals over 65 or at high risk.

Snipping HIV Out

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Temple University researchers are to test a gene-editing approach for treating HIV.

PLOS Papers on Cancer Risk Scores, Typhoid Fever in Colombia, Streptococcus Protection

In PLOS this week: application of cancer polygenic risk scores across ancestries, genetic diversity of typhoid fever-causing Salmonella, and more.