Publications of the Week Diverse Marinimicrobia Bacteria May Mediate Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles along Eco-Thermodynamic GradientsHawley, A.K. and Hallam, S.J., et al. | December 7, 2017We are interested in developing enrichment or cultivation approaches needed to directly test the hypotheses…sciencecityDecember 7, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Localization and Functional Characterization of the P.Asn965Ser (N965S) ABCA4 Variant in Mice Reveal Pathogenic Mechanisms Underlying Stargardt Macular DegenerationMolday, L.L. and Molday, R.S., et al. | December 6, 2017In this paper we have generated and characterized a mouse model for Stargardt disease in…sciencecityDecember 6, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week REVIEW: Engineered Tolerance: Tailoring Development, Function, and Antigen-Specificity of Regulatory T CellsDawson, N.A.J. and Levings, M.K., et al. | December 5, 2017Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are potent suppressors of immune responses and are currently being clinically…sciencecityDecember 5, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Bacterially Derived Synthetic Mimetics of Mammalian Oligomannose Prime Antibody Responses That Neutralize HIV InfectivityPantophlet, R. and Kosma, P., et al. | December 4, 2017There are many scientific challenges to the design of a broadly effective HIV vaccine. One…sciencecityDecember 4, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week The North American Bullfrog Draft Genome Provides Insight into Hormonal Regulation of Long Noncoding RNAHammond, S.A. and Birol, I., et al. | November 30, 2017Frogs play important ecological roles, and several species are important model organisms for scientific research.…sciencecityNovember 30, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Oncolytic Virotherapy Blockade by Microglia and Macrophages Requires STAT1/3Delwar, Z.M. and Jia, W., et al. | November 28, 2017Clinical tumors are highly heterogenic that contain many non-tumor cells. In the case of malignant…sciencecityNovember 28, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week REVIEW: Towards a Genomics-Informed, Real-Time, Global Pathogen Surveillance SystemGardy, J.L. and Loman, N.J. | November 27, 2017The recent Ebola and Zika epidemics demonstrate the need for the continuous surveillance, rapid diagnosis…sciencecityNovember 27, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Development and Evaluation of a Pan-Sarcoma Fusion Gene Detection Assay Using the NanoString nCounter PlatformChang, K.T.E. and Ng, T.L., et al. | November 24, 2017The NanoString nCounter assay is a high-throughput hybridization technique using target-specific probes that can be…sciencecityNovember 24, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week REVIEW: Transitioning to DNA Genomes in an RNA WorldCojocaru, R. and Unrau, P.J. | November 22, 2017For as long as history has been recorded, humanity has tried to answer the ancient…sciencecityNovember 22, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week siRNA Rescues Nonhuman Primates from Advanced Marburg and Ravn Virus DiseaseThi, E.P. and Geisbert, T.W., et al. | November 20, 2017Ebolaviruses and marburgviruses belong to the family Filoviridae and cause high lethality in infected patients.…sciencecityNovember 20, 2017 Read More