Sequences from Chlamydia trachomatis strains in northern Australia suggest trachoma infections in the eye may be caused by small changes to urogenital strains.
The firm has improved design of the system for low-resource settings and validated it on clinical chlamydia samples and extracted HIV, Ebola, and dengue samples.
According to the firm's CEO, the delay in launching the io system is due to a decision to automate parts of its platform, resulting in increased multiplexing.
There's increasing genetic evidence that a number of ancient hominins may have contributed to the human gene pool, according to Discover's The Crux blog.
