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Last Posted: Aug 10, 2020

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• Opening the door to gene therapy for ALS 
  H Stower, Nature Medicine, August 7, 2020
• Computational Hot-Spot Analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain / ACE2 Complex 
  PA Rosario et al, BIORXIV, August 6, 2020
• Development of mass spectrometry-based targeted assay for direct detection of novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus from clinical specimens 
  S Renuse et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020
• Rapid and extraction-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 from saliva with colorimetric LAMP 
  MA Lalli et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020
• Rapid, reliable, and cheap point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP (Cap-iLAMP) 
  L Bokelmann et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020
• Clinical Course and Molecular Viral Shedding Among Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Community Treatment Center in the Republic of Korea 
  S Lee et al, JAMA Internal Medicine, August 6, 2020
• Genetic variability in the expression of the SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry factors across populations 
  LO Fernandez et al, Genes and Immunity, August 6, 2020
• Genome-wide bioinformatic analyses predict key host and viral factors in SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis 
  MG Ferrarini et al, BIORXIV, August 5, 2020
• Genomic epidemiology reveals transmission patterns and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand 
  JL Geoghegan et al, MEDRXIV, August 7, 2020
• Massive and rapid COVID-19 testing is feasible by extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR 
  I Smyralcki et al, MEDRXIV, August 5, 2020
• Pathogenetic Perspective of Missense Mutations of ORF3a Protein of SARS-CoV2 
  SS Hassan et al, August 6, 2020
• Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 data is difficult 
  B Morel et al, BIORXIV, August 6, 2020
• Using a real-world network to model localized COVID-19 control strategies 
  JA Firth et al, Nature Medicine, August 7, 2020
• Analytical validity of nanopore sequencing for rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis 
  RA Bull et al, BIORXIV, August 4, 2020
• Assessment of multiplex digital droplet RT-PCR as an accurate diagnosis tool for SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal swabs and saliva samples 
  K Cassinari et al, MEDRXIV, August 4, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis of strains in Pakistan reveals GH, S and L clade strains at the start of the pandemic 
  NK Ghanchi et al, BIORXIV, August 4, 2020
• Comparative clinical and genomic analysis of neurofibromatosis type 2-associated cranial and spinal meningiomas. 
  Pemov Alexander et al. Scientific reports 2020 Jul 10(1) 12563
• Genetic Testing for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia: Impact on Clinical Management. 
  Roggenbuck Jennifer et al. Clinics in laboratory medicine 2020 Sep 40(3) 271-287
• Improving the Diagnosis of Phenylketonuria by Using a Machine Learning-Based Screening Model of Neonatal MRM Data. 
  Zhu Zhixing et al. Frontiers in molecular biosciences 2020 7115
• Intelligent Ratio: A New Method for Carrier and Newborn Screening in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. 
  Cavdarli Busranur et al. Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers 2020 Jul