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Elana J. Fertig, PhD,
Appointed Associate Director
for Quantitative Science
at UMGCCC

The Director of the Institute for
Genome Sciences at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine is
the first person to hold this role

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May 2024

US Researchers Call for Robust Studies Into Dequalinium, a Bacterial Vaginosis Therapy Common in Europe

Rebecca Brotman, PhD, MPH, an IGS researcher, talks to Medscape about the need for studies on Dequalinium, a bacterial vaginosis treatment that is available in Europe.

May 2024

Personalising stuff that doesn't matter: the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app

Jacques Ravel, PhD, Acting Director of IGS, discusses the lack of accuracy in consumer health tests with The Guardian.

May 2024

Microbiome Science Company Hones In On Vaginal Health With New Launch

Jacques Ravel, PhD, Acting Director of IGS, discusses a new suppository treatment from the microbiome science company Seed designed to help balance the vaginal microbiome.

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Jane Carlton, PhD It's a Parasite's World: Plasmodium, Trichomonas and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Frontiers in Genomics IGS celebrates its 15th Anniversary.
Seth Ament, PhD Brain Inflammation in Children May Cause Neurological Disorders Such as Autism or Schizophrenia
Surajit Dhara, PhD, and Jennifer Garbarino, PhD Epigenetics Discussions
UM Schools Study STDs UM Schools of Dentistry and Medicine to study the causes, prevention and treatment of STDs.
Cutting-edge Technologies in Brain Research IGS to utilize cutting-edge technologies to further brain research.
Dr. Claire Fraser The Business of Research: Genomics and Biomedicine.
E. coli Research E. coli outbreak in Germany.

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