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Casey Finnerty

Tracking Ebola's Spread in Real Time With a Pocket-Sized DNA Sequencer - The Atlantic - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...405466

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shared by Casey Finnerty on 16 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Casey Finnerty on 16 Sep 15
     
    I would love to see these sequencers distributed for education too.
apopp10

CRISPR Provides Acquired Resistance Against Viruses in Prokaryotes - 4 views

www.sciencemag.org/...1709.long

shared by apopp10 on 08 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Numerous bacteria have been selected by humans and used extensively for fermentation and biotechnology processes. Unfortunately, domesticated bacteria used in industrial applications are often susceptible to phage attack, including genera and species widely used as dairy cultures (4).
    • apopp10
      apopp10 on 08 Dec 14
       
      Which bacteria are most susceptible to these phage attacks? Those that do not contain these CRISPR sequences? It would be interesting to see the breadth of phages that this "immune response" of bacteria could fight off.
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