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| “One Health Meets Sequencing” symposium |
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A summary of the most important issues discussed on 21 May. By organisers Adrian Egli, Jaques Schrenzel and Roger Stephan. |
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| "We need a clear implementation concept" |
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In an interview, Jürg Danuser of the FSVO, head of the federal One Health group, talks about the importance of Whole Genome Sequencing for national monitoring. |
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| "All depends on patient consent" |
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Researchers of NRP 72 are developing a national platform that will routinely bring together the genetic data of pathogens (human, animal and environmental) with patient data (such as age and symptoms). Their aim: recognise in greater detail the spread of dangerous pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics - and stop them from spreading more efficiently. This entails ethical and legal questions, explains Susanne Driessen, president of swissethics, the umbrella organisation of Swiss ethics commissions for research on humans. |
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| Fighting resistant bacteria with viruses |
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Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing tailor-made agents against bacterial infections. To do that, they are modifying enzymes from phages – natural enemies of bacteria – and delivering them directly to affected tissue using biological postcodes. |
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