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Gene editing in embryos has started in labs, but isn’t ready for the clinic.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Gene editing of human embryos yields early results Source: Viral Bioinformatics

The bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) is a lentivirus which is known to infect cattle worldwide. Though serological and genomic evidence of BIV in cattle has been found throughout the world, isolation of the virus...

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca The genome of bacteriophage φKMV, a T7-like virus infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa Source: Viral Bioinformatics

The Flaviviridae is a family of small enveloped viruses with RNA genomes of 9000–13 000 bases. Most infect mammals and birds. Many flaviviruses are host-specific and pathogenic, such as hepatitis C virus in the genus...

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca An alternative strategy to western blot as a confirmatory diagnostic test for HIV infection Source: Viral Bioinformatics

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Effect of naturally acquired type-specific serum antibodies against human papillomavirus type 16 infection Source: Viral Bioinformatics

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Progesterone-Based Contraceptives Reduce Adaptive Immune Responses and Protection against Sequential Influenza A Virus Infections Source: Viral Bioinformatics

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Beta-Propiolactone Inactivation of Coxsackievirus A16 Induces Structural Alteration and Surface Modification of Viral Capsids Source: Viral Bioinformatics

ViPTree is a web server provided through GenomeNet to generate viral proteomic trees for classification of viruses based on genome-wide similarities. Users can upload viral genomes sequenced either by genomics or metagenomics. ViPTree generates...

Given genome sequences, the AAScatterPlot tool compacts into a single plot, information about the hydropathy index, Van der Waals volume, chemical property, and occurrence frequency of amino acid residues. The tool also shows the...