Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Reviews, News and Commentaries [8]

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 4  January 29 - February 5, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Mystery childhood paralysis stumps researchers
Ewen Callaway, Nature News, Jan 28, 2015

Use of MDx tests for animal health on the rise, but cost concerns present significant hurdle
Johnson M. GenomeWeb, Jan 26, 2015.

Colorado researchers study 'superbug' for antibiotic resistance on farms
Reuters, Jan 16, 2015.

Ebola vaccine to be tested on 30 000 volunteers
Gulland A. BMJ 2015;350:h448.

Tekmira aims to follow path blazed in HCV to tackle HBV
GenomeWeb, Jan 26, 2015.

Taiwanese firm developing optoelectronic single-molecule sequencing platform
Karow J. GenomeWeb, Jan 27, 2015.

The new scientific revolution: Reproducibility at last
Achenbach J. Washington Post, Jan 27, 2015.

Scientists want to release millions of genetically-modified mosquitos in Florida. Here's why.
Thielking M. Vox, Jan 26, 2015.

Nanopore sequencing for clinical diagnostics
Jones B. Nat Rev Genet 2015; 16: 68.

Recombination: genomic mix 'n' match
Boinett CJ, Cain AK. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2014 Dec;12(12):795.

Melioidosis diagnostic workshop, 2013
Hoffmaster AR, et al. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 Feb;21(2).

Climate change and infectious disease: time for a new normal?
Heffernan C. Lancet Infect Dis 2015; 15(2): 143–144.

How the current West African Ebola virus disease epidemic is altering views on the need for vaccines and is galvanizing a global effort to field-test leading candidate vaccines
Levine MM, et al. J Infect Dis 2015; 211(4): 504-507.