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Feb 20, 2018

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: mouse model of genetically induced emphysema, gene expression signatures of circulating melanoma cells, and more.

Oct 31, 2017

DoD Awards $10M to Consortium to ID New TB Drug Targets

The consortium aims to identify tuberculosis protein targets and corresponding small molecule inhibitors that can be used to develop drugs to shorten therapy duration.

Aug 31, 2017

EBI Team Developing Genome Editing Resource for CRISPR Experimental Data

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The team aims to release the new resource sometime next year, with the hope that it will become as widely used as other institute databases.

May 03, 2017

This Week in Cell

In Cell this week: host-microbe interactions and cancer drug response; links between transcription rate, mRNA translation, and methylation; and more.

Feb 03, 2017

NHGRI Commits $31.5M to Expand ENCODE Project

The funding will, in part, support efforts to expand the project's catalog of functional elements and understand their roles in different contexts.

Nov 04, 2016

The Better to Infect You With, My Dear

The Ebola virus may have mutated to better infect humans during the 2014 outbreak, the New York Times reports.

Oct 13, 2016

NIH Adds Four Medical Center Groups to Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program

The healthcare provider organizations are tasked with managing patient enrollment in the Precision Medicine Initiative.

Aug 09, 2016

Policy Changes Needed to Prevent Disparities in Genetically Based Medicine

Tufts scientists and their colleagues called for steps to ensure that disadvantaged groups benefit from genetically based diagnoses and treatments.

Jul 25, 2016

Novel ALS Susceptibility Variants Uncovered in Pair of Studies

The researchers particularly highlighted C21orf2 and NEK1, which are involved in cilial and mitochondrial function.

Mar 17, 2016

Team IDs Potential Gut Microbe Marker for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants

A study of gut microbes in infants with or without necrotizing enterocolitis points to a uropathogenic Escherichia coli association in infected preterm infants

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Collins to Avoid 'Manels'

US National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins says he will avoid male-only speaker panels.

Patient Dies Following Fecal Transplant

Two patients fell ill, and one subsequently died, following a fecal microbiome transplant that harbored multi-drug-resistant bacteria, according to the New York Times.

From Pigs to Monkeys

Technology Review reports that eGenesis is testing whether organs from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into monkeys.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: almond reference genome, and more.

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