Researchers have identified specific portions of the genetic codes of the COVID-19 and SARS viruses that may promote the viruses’ lifecycles. The new...
Read More »Optimizing RNA-Seq strategies for transcriptomic analysis of complex viral genomes
Transcriptome profiling has become routine in studies of many biological processes. However, favored approaches such as short-read Illumina RNA sequencing are giving way to long-read sequencing platforms better suited to interrogating the complex...
Read More »viscRNA-Seq (virus-inclusive single cell RNA-Seq) – probing host transcriptome together with intracellular viral RNA at the single cell level
Dengue and Zika viral infections affect millions of people annually and can be complicated by hemorrhage or neurological manifestations, respectively. However, a thorough understanding of the host response to these viruses is lacking...
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