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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

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The Sentinel team has also trained more than 1,600 scientists from all 54 African countries in genomics, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Since 2007, they’d been studying Lassa fever, an often deadly illness caused by infection with the Lassa virus, which is endemic in West Africa.

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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

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These laboratories share data and bioinformatics tools that enabled the early detection of SARS-CoV-2 and monkeypox even before their reference genomes were available. At least nine laboratories outside the U.S. Federally funded laboratories must also deposit genetic sequences into public databases, such as GISAID and GenBank.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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BMC Systems Biology (2007). Link Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants , by Jung J.K, Nature Biotechnology (2020). Link Arsenic biosenseor: a step further , by French C. Link Paper-Based Synthetic Gene Networks , by Pardee K. Cell (2014). Link Cell-Free Systems →Synthetic Biology Goes Cell-Free , by Tinafar A.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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BMC Systems Biology (2007). Link Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants , by Jung J.K, Nature Biotechnology (2020). Link Arsenic biosenseor: a step further , by French C. Link Paper-Based Synthetic Gene Networks , by Pardee K. Cell (2014). Link Cell-Free Systems →Synthetic Biology Goes Cell-Free , by Tinafar A.

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