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A Bayesian method for detecting pairwise associations in compositional data.
Schwager E, Mallick H, Ventz S, Huttenhower C. A Bayesian method for detecting pairwise associations in compositional data. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017;13(11):e1005852. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005852
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A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity.
Thompson LR, Sanders JG, McDonald D, et al. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature. 2017;551(7681):457-463. doi:10.1038/nature24621
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Accessible, curated metagenomic data through ExperimentHub.
Pasolli E, Schiffer L, Manghi P, et al. Accessible, curated metagenomic data through ExperimentHub. Nat Methods. 2017;14(11):1023-1024. doi:10.1038/nmeth.4468
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Ectopic colonization of oral bacteria in the intestine drives T1 cell induction and inflammation.
Atarashi K, Suda W, Luo C, et al. Ectopic colonization of oral bacteria in the intestine drives T1 cell induction and inflammation. Science. 2017;358(6361):359-365. doi:10.1126/science.aan4526
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Host genetic variation and its microbiome interactions within the Human Microbiome Project.
Kolde R, Franzosa EA, Rahnavard G, et al. Host genetic variation and its microbiome interactions within the Human Microbiome Project. Genome Med. 2018;10(1):6. doi:10.1186/s13073-018-0515-8
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GATK PathSeq: a customizable computational tool for the discovery and identification of microbial sequences in libraries from eukaryotic hosts.
Walker MA, Pedamallu CS, Ojesina AI, et al. GATK PathSeq: a customizable computational tool for the discovery and identification of microbial sequences in libraries from eukaryotic hosts. Bioinformatics. 2018;34(24):4287-4289. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bty501
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Environmental Factors, Gut Microbiota, and Colorectal Cancer Prevention.
Song M, Chan AT. Environmental Factors, Gut Microbiota, and Colorectal Cancer Prevention. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019;17(2):275-289. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.012
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Insights into Pathogenic Interactions Among Environment, Host, and Tumor at the Crossroads of Molecular Pathology and Epidemiology.
Ogino S, Nowak JA, Hamada T, Milner DA, Nishihara R. Insights into Pathogenic Interactions Among Environment, Host, and Tumor at the Crossroads of Molecular Pathology and Epidemiology. Annu Rev Pathol. 2019;14:83-103. doi:10.1146/annurev-pathmechdis-012418-012818
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Analysis of persistence and antibiotic response in colorectal cancer.
Bullman S, Pedamallu CS, Sicinska E, et al. Analysis of persistence and antibiotic response in colorectal cancer. Science. 2017;358(6369):1443-1448. doi:10.1126/science.aal5240
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Strains, functions and dynamics in the expanded Human Microbiome Project.
Lloyd-Price J, Mahurkar A, Rahnavard G, et al. Strains, functions and dynamics in the expanded Human Microbiome Project. Nature. 2017;550(7674):61-66. doi:10.1038/nature23889
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gnomAD, a large human genetic variant reference database developed by the Ó³»­´«Ã½ with NIH funding, has contributed to over 13 million genetic disease diagnoses since its launch in 2014.

Datasets generated at the Ó³»­´«Ã½ were used to train AlphaGenome, a cutting-edge AI model from Google DeepMind that predicts how genetic variants affect gene regulation.

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