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Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Motivation: Explosive growth of short-read sequencing technologies in the recent years resulted in rapid development of many new alignment algorithms and programs. Via bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Motivation: microRNAs are short non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression by inhibiting target mRNA genes. Next-generation sequencing combined with bioinformatics analyses provide an opportunity to predict...

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca The management of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) has mainly focused on strict infection control measures while standard clinical interventions which are provided to patients with other...

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca As corals continue to decline in abundance around the world, researchers are turning their attention to a possible cause that’s almost totally unexplored — viral disease....

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca The dengue virus makes its mosquito hosts more bloodthirsty and quicker to find a blood meal, thus spreading the virus faster.   Podcast Via www.scientificamerican.com

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Prion diseases are transmissible, progressive and invariably fatal neurodegenerative conditions associated with misfolding and aggregation of a host-encoded cellular prion protein, PrPC. Via www.virologyj.com

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Avipoxviruses (APVs) belong to the Chordopoxvirinae subfamily of the Poxviridae family. APVs are distributed worldwide and cause disease in domestic, pet and wild birds of many...

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is endemic worldwide, and it causes cirrhosis and other complications that often lead to death; nevertheless, our knowledge of the disease and...

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Sports fans at the London Olympics and European Championships for soccer later this year may face agreater risk of contracting measles as vaccination rates drop across...

Via Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Scientists have pinpointed mutations that may help a tiny armoured fish to evolve quickly between saltwater and freshwater forms. Via ht.ly