Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 35  Number 1  July 2-9, 2015

Reviews/ News/ Commentaries

Noblis Readies Internal Pathogen Identification Software for Commercialization
Thomas UG. GenomeWeb, Jun 26, 2015.

Nearly instantaneous, finger-prick test for Ebola could be game changer
Cha AE. Washington Post, Jun 26, 2015.

Ceres Receives $746K from Gates Foundation for TB Test Development
GenomeWeb, Jun 30, 2015.

A New Device Could Diagnose Malaria in a Matter of Minutes
Kaufmann E. mic, Jun 17, 2015.

E. Coli Testing Market Expected to Reach $2.1 Billion by 2022 
Food Safety News, Jun 23, 2015.

Picking up Protease Allowed Y. Pestis to Cause Pneumonic Plague, Study Finds 
GenomeWeb, Jun 30, 2015.

Finland's Orion Diagnostica Launches C. diff Kit for GenRead Isothermal MDx System in Europe
Johnson M. GenomeWeb, Jun 30, 2015.

What's Old Is New Again: Revolutionary new methods for extracting, purifying, and sequencing ever-more-ancient DNA 
Grant B. The Scientist, Jun 1, 2015.

Field Evaluation of Rapid Ebola Immunoassay Reveals Limitations of PCR-Based Testing
Rizk C. GenomeWeb, Jul 1, 2015.

Antibiotics and the Gut Microbiome
Azvolinsky A. The Scientist, Jun 30, 2015.

Researchers frustrated by failure to roll out 'game-changing' Ebola test Researchers frustrated by failure to roll out 'game-changing' Ebola test
Butler D. Nature, Jun 26, 2015.

Too Many Mitochondrial Genome Papers: And too few insights gleaned from them 
Smith DR. The Scientist, Jun 29, 2015.

A vision for investigating the microbiology of health and disease.
Lipkin WI et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jul 15. S26-30

Towards genomic prediction of drug resistance in tuberculosis.
Gardy JL et al. Lancet Infect Dis 2015 Jun 23.

Moving toward prime time: Host signatures for diagnosis of respiratory infections.
Tsalik EL et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jul 15. (2) 173-5

Vaccination and narcolepsy: Immune link found?
Wekerle H. Sci Transl Med, Jul 1, 2015.

Thinking globally, acting locally: harnessing the immune system to deal with recalcitrant pathogens.
Russell MW et al. MBio 2015 (3) e00382-15