Lipkin & CII: Diagnostics Breakthrough Brings Viral Sequencing to Doctors’ Toolkit

[Bob]

Slightly off-topic (and I don't know if they used their new technology to make this finding) but Lipkin's team seem to have discovered a new human virus. Implications not known:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-virus-found-blood-supply-n431856

Perhaps this should be its own new headline, but its interesting this came right before this other announcement:

Virome Analysis of Transfusion Recipients Reveals a Novel Human Virus That Shares Genomic Features with Hepaciviruses and Pegiviruses

http://mbio.asm.org/content/6/5/e01466-15

Also collaboration with Lipkin lab.

There's a new thread about this in case anyone wants to discuss it further:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...-shares-genomic-features-w.40154/#post-644716

The full published paper is available to read.