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Speedy Long-Read Genome Assembly Enabled by Minimizer-Space Analysis
The minimizer-space de Bruijn graph approach could assemble a human genome in less than 10 minutes using eight cores and 10 gigabytes of random access memory.
SARS-CoV-2 Protein Interaction Study Reveals Key Proliferation Pathways, Possible Drug Targets
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The study compared SARS-CoV-2 to SARS-CoV-1 and MERS to find viral commonalities, and combined the analyses with real-world clinical data to suggest treatments.
Colorectal Cancer Study Reveals Gut Microbe, Methylation Shifts
Based on mouse and human data, researchers focused on hypermethylated genes in blood samples from individuals with colorectal cancer and gut dysbiosis.
The new test uses the number of sequencing reads at specific early and late HPV transcripts as a biomarker for high-grade cytology.
NIH Awards $940K to Johns Hopkins-Led Team for Extracellular Vesicle Research
The team will create a group called the Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium Stage 2 to develop new EV-based technology and treat diseases.