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Innovative BlueFuse Multi Software [link to Clinical Informatics page:http://clinical.illumina.com/clinical/clinical_informatics/bluefuse.ilmn] provides molecular cytogenetic and in vitro fertilization...
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Actinobacteria are the most abundant microorganisms in freshwater lakes, but we know very little about their role in the ecosystem. 16S Ribosomal RNA is useful to classify microorganisms, but tells...
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Bats act as reservoirs for the Ebola virus and exhibit no symptoms of the disease. Even though the Ebola virus is harmless to bats, it is lethal to humans. The problem occurs when viruses jump between...
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Autism and Schizophrenia are complex psychiatric diseases, created by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. A large number of small de novo mutations that affect only one or two nucleotides,...
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Synopsis: Sequencing accelerates breeding programs for food-producing animals by helping to identify and select desirable characteristics, such as disease resistance. By breeding animals that are naturally...
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Synopsis: Tibetans live and thrive at extreme altitudes. An important event in this human adaptation was the incorporation of DNA from Denisovans. Denisovans are ancient ancestors that diverged from...
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Every individual responds differently to infection by the same type of virus. This is partly due to the tricks viruses use to dodge the host s immune system. Viruses use transposable elements from the...
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One of the risks of global warming and the melting of the permafrost is that ancient microbes can be released into the environment. In a recent paper, the authors demonstrated that live, ancient viruses...