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Midge Medical, Institut Pasteur de Dakar Partner for Rapid Marburg Virus Test

The Berlin, Germany-based firm developed an assay for Marburg virus on its Minoo portable isothermal molecular diagnostic system.

Inflammatix Raises $32M in Series C Financing

The firm said it will use the funds to advance development of its HostDx immune response gene expression tests for acute infections and sepsis.

Strep A Sequences Point to Potential Scarlet Fever Culprit in the UK

Researchers identified Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from a lineage dubbed M1UK that are predicted to produce higher-than-usual levels of a scarlet fever-associated toxin.

Aldatu Biosciences Developing Lassa Fever Diagnostic
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The developer of assays to detect drug-resistant strains of HIV has now branched into Lassa detection, and will potentially be seeking instrument partners.

Nanopore Sequencing Confirms Zoonotic Source for Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

Using real-time nanopore metagenomic sequencing, researchers ruled out enhanced human-to-human transmission of Lassa virus during an outbreak in Nigeria last year.

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ChatGPT Does As Well As Humans Answering Genetics Questions, Study Finds

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics had ChatGPT answer genetics-related questions, finding it was about 68 percent accurate, but sometimes gave different answers to the same question.

Sequencing Analysis Examines Gene Regulatory Networks of Honeybee Soldier, Forager Brains

Researchers in Nature Ecology & Evolution find gene regulatory network differences between soldiers and foragers, suggesting bees can take on either role.

Analysis of Ashkenazi Jewish Cohort Uncovers New Genetic Loci Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

The study in Alzheimer's & Dementia highlighted known genes, but also novel ones with biological ties to Alzheimer's disease.

Tara Pacific Expedition Project Team Finds High Diversity Within Coral Reef Microbiome

In papers appearing in Nature Communications and elsewhere, the team reports on findings from the two-year excursion examining coral reefs.