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Inspired by viruses that attack and kill bacteria, researchers at The Rockefeller University have created an entirely new weapon against disease-causing bacteria that shows great promisSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from...

Low-dose aspirin is good for you. Any brand of aspirin  will do, Bayer or otherwise. Should you take an aspirin every day tSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca An aspirin...

This is the third in a series of posts where we explain the N50 (Nx) metric, discuss the problems surrounding it, give solutions to those problems, and suggest an alternative N50 metric for transcr…See...

This is the second in a series of posts where we explain the N50 (Nx) metric, discuss the problems surrounding it, give solutions to those problems, and suggest an alternative N50 metric for transc…See...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections last a lifetime. Once a person has been infected, the virus can remain dormant (latent) for years before periodically reactivating to causSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics...

As we head towards flu season, many people are wondering if it’s worth getting vaccinated against influenza and if so, when. Here’s what you need to know.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vector Ebola VaccineSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vector Ebola Vaccine — NEJM Source: Viral Bioinformatics

Emerging Microbes and Infections (EMI) is a new open access, fully peer-reviewed journal that will publish the best and most interesting research in emerging microbes and infectious disease.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and...

Rapid, inexpensive, and sensitive nucleic acid detection may aid point-of-care pathogen detection, genotyping, and disease monitoring. The RNA-guided, RNA-targeting CRISPR effector Cas13a (previously known as C2c2) exhibits a “collateral effect” of promiscuous RNAse activity...

Genet Mol Res. 2017 Mar 15;16(1). doi: 10.4238/gmr16019645. Review Technological advancements in recent years have promoted a marked progress in understanding the genetic basis of phenotypes. In line with these advances, genomics has changed...