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

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 19  May 14-21, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Microbiome fingerprints
Yandell K. The Scientist, May 12, 2015.

HIV immunity: rare gene differences offer hope for treatment
Cox D. The Guardian, May 12, 2015.

Microbial variation, stability hint at potential forensic uses for human microbiome
GenomeWeb, May 12, 2015.

Show me your moves: Updated classics and new techniques help microbiologists get up close and quantitative
Fessenden M. The Scientist, May 1, 2015.

Gates funds surveillance site to prevent next big epidemic
Gulland A. BMJ 2015;350:h2534

Countries are ill prepared to fight antimicrobial resistance, WHO says
Gulland A. BMJ 2015;350:h2340

Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer who helped simplify genome editing
Pollack A. New York Times, May 11, 2015.

PATHSEEK researchers sequence M. tuberculosis directly, rapidly from sputum samples
GenomeWeb, May 13, 2015.

Multi-drug resistant typhoid spreading, according to genomic analysis of over 1K strains
GenomeWeb, May 11, 2015.

Microbiomes raise privacy concerns: DNA from microbes living on the human body can be used to identify individuals. 
Callaway E. Nature, May 11, 2015.

WHO approves cepheid Ebola assay for use in affected countries
GenomeWeb, May 13, 2015.

Stanford team discovers diagnostic gene set for sepsis; Aims to develop clinical assay
Karow J. GenomeWeb, May 13, 2015.

Janssen Diagnostics, biocartis collaboration yields prototype HCV, Flu/RSV, flu surveillance tests
Johnson M. GenomeWeb, May 13, 2015.

The role of pathogen genomics in assessing disease transmission.
Sintchenko Vitali et al. BMJ 2015 h1314