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See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca To tackle incongruence, the topological conflict between different gene trees, phylogenomic studies couple concatenation with practices such as rogue taxon removal or the use of...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies allow us to explore virus interactions with host genomes that lead to carcinogenesis or other diseases; however, this effort is...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca A wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center in northwestern United States received several big brown bats with necrosuppurative osteomyelitis in multiple joints. Wing and joint tissues...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca The results of a phase 2b human clinical trial in HCV infected humans indicate that Miravirsen reduces levels of viral RNA without evidence for viral...

See on Scoop.it – Biomedical Beat Using a novel genetic “editing” technique, biomedical engineers have been able to repair a defect responsible for one of the most common inherited disorders, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, in...

See on Scoop.it – Biomedical Beat A new gene associated with a form of congenital heart disease in newborn babies– known as “a hole in the heart” has been discovered by researchers. The discovery...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.caHighlights• MYXV is a candidate oncolytic virus with varying efficacies of oncolytic properties. • MYXV productively infects many classes of human cancer cells. • MYXV discriminates...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Did you have a glass of orange juice this morning? If so, you may want to know that the simple pleasures brought to us by...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Vaccinia virus is the prototypic orthopoxvirus and was the vaccine used to eradicate smallpox, yet the expression profiles of many of its genes remain unknown....

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Poxvirus DNA is not infectious because the initiation of the infective process requires proteins encapsidated along with the virus genome. However, infectious virus can be...