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dbVar clinical and common structural variants track hub now available
dbVar, NCBI’s database of large-scale genetic variants, has a new track hub for viewing and downloading structural variation (SV) data in popular genome browsers. Initial tracks include Clinical and Common SV datasets. dbVar’s new track hub can be viewed using …
Meet the Researcher Leading NIH’s COVID-19 Vaccine Development Efforts
A safe, effective vaccine is the ultimate tool needed to end the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Biomedical researchers are making progress every day towards such a vaccine, whether it’s devising innovative technologies or figuring out ways to speed human testing. In fact, just this week, NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) established a new clinical trials network that will enroll tens of thousands of volunteers in large-scale clinical trials testing a variety of investigational COVID-19 vaccines.
The BLAST Docker and databases are now ready to use on Google and Amazon clouds
As announced in a previous post, we offer a Docker version of NCBI BLAST that you can use locally or on the Google Cloud where we have pre-loaded BLAST databases. We are happy to announce that the same functionality is …
Research news
WHO: Aerosolized Particles Unlikely To Be Significant Source Of COVID-19 Transmission
After 239 scientists raised concerns about transmission by aerosolized particles, the World Health Organization has issued a brief on the role of aerosolized particles — and called for more research.
NIH researchers reframe dog-to-human aging comparisons
Comparing epigenetic differences between humans and domestic dogs provides an emerging model of aging.
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