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

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 22  June 4-11, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Smartphone app to aid personalised treatment of deadly disease
Bazeley R. PHG Foundation, May 11, 2015.

TGAC to use $230K grant to develop bioinformatics tools for research, clinical use
Thomas UG. GenomeWeb, May 28, 2015.[by free subscription only]

The Federal Government is unprepared for a large-scale animal disease outbreak
Katz E. Gov Exec, May 28, 2015.

Alternate pathways yield new antibiotics
Keener AB. The Scientist, May 29, 2015.

MERS-CoV in Korea, China
Vence T. The Scientist, June 1, 2015.

Contact lenses can change the ocular microbiome
Keener AB. The Scientist, June 1, 2015.

Liberia's LIBR genome center monitors Ebola outbreak, emerging pathogens
Heger M. GenomeWeb, May 29, 2015.

AITbiotech lands CE-IVD mark for Dengue test kit
GenomeWeb, May 29, 2015.

Researchers argue for standard format to cite lab resources
Chawla DS. Nature, May 29, 2015

Mobidiag lands CE-IVD mark for gastric pathogen detection and drug resistance test
GenomeWeb, Jun 3, 2015.

Pooling sputum leads to 30 percent cost savings for Xpert TB testing
Johnson M. GenomeWeb, Jun 3, 2015.

Scientists release Ebola sequencing data to global research community online 
University of Cambridge, Jun 3, 2015.

Nanopore sequencer enables rapid analysis of Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Karow J. GenomeWeb, Jun 3, 2015.

FDA clears Roche HSV 1 and 2 Test
GenomeWeb, Jun 4, 2015.

TB-Profiler uses whole genome data to better predict resistance to therapeutics 
Thomas UG. GenomeWeb, Jun 4, 2015..[by free subscription only]

DARPA announces winners for most accurate forecasts of infectious mosquito-spread virus
Sarkar D. FierceHomelandSecurity, May 27, 2015.

kallisto paper summary: near-optimal RNA-seq quantification
(blog) Next Gen Seek, May 31, 2015.

Use of the microbiome in the practice of epidemiology: a primer on -omic technologies.
Foxman Betsy et al. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2015 May 29.

Chimps, humans, and the hominid struggle against viruses.
Roberts Roland G et al. PLoS Biol. 2015 May (5) e1002145

Ebola in antiquity? 
Kazanjian P. Clin Infect Dis, Jun 1, 2015.

Immuno-based detection of Shiga toxin-producing pathogenic Escherichia coli in food - A review on current approaches and potential strategies for optimization.
Baker CA et al. Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 2015 May 27. 1-20

Elucidating microbial codes to distinguish individuals.
Byrd AL et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015 May 26.