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There are more microbes in, on, and around the planet than there are stars in the Milky Way. Microbes affect food production; air quality; natural breakdown of plants, trees and biomass; soil quality for...

Motivation: De novo assembly of whole genome shotgun (WGS) next-generation sequencing (NGS) data benefits from high-quality input with high coverage. However, in practice, determining the quality and quantity of useful reads quickly and in...

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A collection of articles from the publisher of Nature that discusses statistical issues biologists should be aware of and provides practical advice to improve the statistical rigor and reproducibility of their work.See it on...

Scientists found genetic traces of early leukemia ancestors in the genomes of bats.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Remains of leukemia ancestor found in bat genome Source: Viral Bioinformatics

Each week, we hand-pick critical and authoritative reviews for you to browse, explore, and debate. From curated collections to the people behind the research, you’ll find it all here waiting for you.See it on...

The earliest jawed vertebrates (Gnathostomes) would likely have had interferon (IFN) genes, since they are present in extant cartilaginous fish (sharks and rays) and bony fish (lobe-finned and ray-finned fish, the latter consisting of...

VxP Biologics provides the comprehensive Research & Development and Current Good Manufacturing Products services for the production of viral vectors for vaccine and other biological product.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from...

World-first synthetic receptor mimics how cells ‘talk’ to the world around them March 6, 2017 Researchers from the University of Bristol have found a way to mimic the way cells in living organisms ‘talk’...

An article about an immunotherapy approach that involves engineering patients’ own immune cells to recognize and attack their tumors.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy for ALL Source:...