Ferret genome sequenced, holds clues to respiratory diseases
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
In what is likely to be a major step forward in the study of influenza, cystic fibrosis and other human diseases, an international research effort has a draft sequence of the ferret genome. The sequence was then used to analyze how the flu and cystic fibrosis affect respiratory tissues at the cellular level.