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A new study by UC Davis researchers confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 contamination on hospital surfaces is infectious. The study...
Read More »Sequencing study confirms the low likelihood that SAR-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious
Researchers curate RNA-Seq datasets to develop an interactive portal for intuitive investigation on SARS-CoV-2 related transcriptomes
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in humans could cause coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since its first discovery in Dec 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has become a...
Read More »Optimized workflow for single-cell transcriptomics on infectious diseases including COVID-19
In December 2019, a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the respiratory illness that led to the COVID-19 pandemic, was reported. In the face of...
Read More »Single cell RNA sequencing reveals how SARS-CoV-2 curtails immune response in the gut
Single cell sequencing and multiplex single‐molecule RNA FISH analyses on SARS‐CoV‐2 infected human intestinal organoids characterize the tropism of SARS‐CoV‐2 and identify strategies developed by the virus to interfere with the host intrinsic innate...
Read More »The first hybrid capture and RNA sequencing platform for SARS-CoV-2 to receive a FDA “Emergency Use Authorization”
Two distinct diagnostic tests, a host/pathogen RNA sequencing platform, and spatially-resolved tissue mapping tools were created by a multidisciplinary team of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Read More »Monitoring COVID-19 in wastewater with RNA Sequencing
University of Missouri scientists receive $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine clues about the rate of infection in communities and virus variants...
Read More »With combined forces against COVID-19: a platform solution for collaborative projects with reproducible analyses and re-usable data
The pandemic has shown that scientists across the globe are willing to join forces to better understand the virus and to develop new treatments and vaccines. Key scientific achievements in this respect – some of them already in the early ...
Read More »Resolve Biosciences’ Molecular Cartography platform detects specific gene expression patterns in SARS-CoV-2 not seen with existing single-cell RNA-seq technologies
Resolve Biosciences, the pioneer in Molecular Cartography™, today announced initial results from several prominent early access collaborations with leading laboratories across Europe. Teams of scientists are...
Read More »Viral sequencing can reveal how SARS-CoV-2 spreads and evolves
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants that are adding twists in the battle against COVID-19 highlight the need for better genomic monitoring of the virus, says Katia Koelle, associate professor of biology at Emory University. “Improved genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 across ...
Read More »RNA sequencing of wastewater useful for control of SARS-CoV-2
Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants before they are detected by local clinical sequencing, according to a new study reported in mBio, an open-access journal of...
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