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Studies Tie Gut Microbiome, Metabolites to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A pair of new studies highlight gut microbes and metabolites with ties to symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, though causality remains unclear.
ENCODE Phase Three Offers New Insights Into Genomic Regulatory Regions, Organization
In more than a dozen new papers, ENCODE researchers reported on analyses of the human and mouse genomes, using new data types and additional tissues.
Sugar Pine Genome, Transcriptome Offer Glimpse into Evolution of Oversized Genomes
In a pair of papers, the researchers reported that the sugar pine genome largely comprises transposable elements and contains conifer-specific Dicer-like proteins.
UConn, HMS-Developed Tool Borrows From Image Processing to ID Differentially Expressed Genes
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The approach uses a technique called Earth mover's distance borrowed from image processing to identify differentially expressed genes across a set of samples.
UConn, Jackson Lab Launch Single-Cell Genomics Center
The center expands the collaboration between the two organizations at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.