05/20/2020
Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.
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How to Discover Antiviral Drugs Quickly
JM Parks et al, NEJM, May 20, 2020
Genetic Engineering Could Make a COVID-19 Vaccine in Months Rather Than Years- Candidates are speeding toward human trials
C Schmidt, Scientific American, June 2020
DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques
J Yu et al, Science, May 20, 2020
Nasal ACE2 Levels and COVID-19 in Children
AB Patel et al, JAMA, May 20, 2020
Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults
S Bunyavanich et al, May 20, 2020
COVID-19 genomic susceptibility: Definition of ACE2 variants relevant to human infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the context of ACMG/AMP Guidance
CL Shovlin et al, MEDRXIV, May 19, 2020
Can human genetic differences explain why some people suffer more from COVID-19 than others?
UK Research and Innovation, May 18, 2020
Early SARS-CoV-2 outbreak detection by sewage-based epidemiology.
Orive Gorka et al. The Science of the total environment 2020 May 139298
The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data
J Ioannidis, MEDRXIV, May 19, 2020
A strategy for finding people infected with SARS-CoV-2: optimizing pooled testing at low prevalence
L Metusa et al, MEDRXIV, May 19, 2020
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all?
K Kupferschmidt, Science, May 19, 2020
Emerging phylogenetic structure of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
NM Fountain-Jones et al, BIORXIV, May 19, 2020
Virus Mutations Reveal How COVID-19 Really Spread-Globe-trotting humans were the culprits
M Fischetti, Scientific American, June 2020
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
CDC, May 2020
Editorial: Pathogen Genomics: Empowering Infectious Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations
MJ Struenlens et al, Front Public Health, May 19, 2020
Personalized medicine in genetic epilepsies - possibilities, challenges, and new frontiers.
Helbig Ingo et al. Neuropharmacology 2020 Jan 172107970
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