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Make Way for a New 'Ome

May 22, 2007

A paper published recently in PLoS Computational Biology puts the ARFome, or Alternative Reading Frame-ome, in perspective. Researchers from UCSD and Penn State's Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics performed the first genome-wide scan for ARFs in mammalian genes, identifying 40 candidate genes with evolutionarily conserved overlapping coding regions.

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Tens of Millions Saved

The Associated Press writes that vaccines against COVID-19 saved an estimated 20 million lives in their first year.

Supersized Bacterium

NPR reports that researchers have found and characterized a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye.

Also Subvariants

Moderna says its bivalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccine leads to a strong immune response against Omicron subvariants, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Science Papers Present Gene-Edited Mouse Models of Liver Cancer, Hürthle Cell Carcinoma Analysis

In Science this week: a collection of mouse models of primary liver cancer, and more.