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Why Am I Sick? With This Tool, Doctors Could Know At a Glance

All too often an answer to the simple question of “what is making me sick?” does not come easily. Current methods for figuring out what viruses or bacteria are causing infection come with the risk of being too slow, or failing to find the culprit altogether. Taxonomer is a genomics-based pathogen surveillance tool that could provide the basis for a new way of diagnosing infectious disease. In this podcast Scope Radio talks with Gabor Marth, D.Sc., co-director of the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery, and creator of iobio, software that gives Taxonomer characteristics that make it accessible…

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