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This Week in Science

Mar 30, 2007

From the latest issue of Science:

A news item digs into the recent National Research Council report recommending a Global Metagenomics Initiative to better understand the microbial world through a mega-sequencing project.

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The Scan

Push for Predictive Genetic Tests

Matt Hancock, the UK health secretary, is calling for the swift rollout of predictive genetic tests, the Guardian reports.

Gene-Editing Registry Proposed

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This Week in Genome Biology

In Genome Biology this week: analysis of wild and cultivated peach genomes, Hi-C-based pipeline for assembling microbial genomes from metagenomic data, and more.

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