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Male Urethral Microbiome Can Harbor Bacteria Transmitted Through Vaginal Sex

A microbiome study of urethral samples from 110 healthy men found that some reporting they had vaginal sex carried microbes associated with bacterial vaginosis.

Researchers Assemble Comprehensive Vaginal Microbiome Gene Catalog

The comprehensive human vaginal gene catalog includes 950,000 non-redundant genes, and is functionally and taxonomically annotated.

uBiome Declares Bankruptcy, Offers Assets for Sale

The San Francisco-based microbial genomics firm will sell off its product lines, testing labs, IP, and data within the next three months.

FDA Clears Two Hologic Vaginitis Assays

The Aptima BV test detects bacterial vaginosis and the Aptima CV/TV detects and differentiates candida infections from trichomonas.

Enzo Biochem Lands NYS Approval for Bacterial Vaginosis Test

The test is performed on the company's AmpiProbe platform, and the approval expands Enzo's offering of infectious disease tests in New York.

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Genetic Testing Approach Explores Origins of Blastocyst Aneuploidy

Investigators in AJHG distinguish between aneuploidy events related to meiotic missegregation in haploid cells and those involving post-zygotic mitotic errors and mosaicism.

Study Looks at Parent Uncertainties After Children's Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Diagnoses

A qualitative study in EJHG looks at personal, practical, scientific, and existential uncertainties in parents as their children go through SCID diagnoses, treatment, and post-treatment stages.

Antimicrobial Resistance Study Highlights Key Protein Domains

By screening diverse versions of an outer membrane porin protein in Vibrio cholerae, researchers in PLOS Genetics flagged protein domain regions influencing antimicrobial resistance.

Latent HIV Found in White Blood Cells of Individuals on Long-Term Treatments

Researchers in Nature Microbiology find HIV genetic material in monocyte white blood cells and in macrophages that differentiated from them in individuals on HIV-suppressive treatment.