Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Reviews, News and Commentaries

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 12  March 26 - April 2, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Extreme cryptography paves way to personalized medicine
Hayden EC. Nature, Mar 23, 2015.

Have research ethics committees got it wrong? A new study looks at what participants in medical research actually want
Kelly SE, Prainsack B. Huff Post Science, Mar 25, 2015.

Open labware: 3-D printing your own lab equipment.
Baden T et al. PLoS Biol. 2015 Mar (3) e1002086

Emergency treatment for exposure to Ebola virus: The need to fast-track promising vaccines.
Geisbert TW et al. JAMA 2015 Mar 24. (12) 1221-1222

Antimicrobial stewardship: the role of scientists?
Bowater L et al. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2015 Mar 19.

MERS surges again, but pandemic jitters ease
Kupferschmidt K. Science 20 March 2015; 347: 1296-1297

Study IDs TB strains in Swaziland with drug resistance mutations not detected by Cepheid Xpert test
Johnson M. GenomeWeb, Mar 19, 2015.

CDC scores poorly on biosafety 
Akst J. The Scientist, Mar 25, 2015.

Cepheid Ebola assay granted FDA emergency use authorization
GenomeWeb, Mar 24, 2015.

Population genetics technologies to open US space, aims for 2016 launch of FDA-cleared HIV Dx
Heger M. GenomeWeb, Mar 23, 2015.

Scripps study shows clinical utility of nanosphere gram-positive blood culture test
GenomeWeb, Mar 25, 2015.

MDx firm immunetics developing PCR and array-based fungal Dx
Ashford M. GenomeWeb, Mar 24, 2015.