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Mechanisms of Bacillus anthracis spore cortex degradation.
(2011)
Bacillus anthracis exists in two morphologically distinct states, the spore and the vegetative cell. The deadly animal and human disease anthrax results from B. anthracis spores entering a suitable host and transitioning ...
Engineering the Quantitative PCR Assay for Decreased Cost and Complexity.
(2011)
The quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is an assay of target nucleic acid concentration. Clinical applications of quantitative PCR include measurement of HIV viral load, measurement of bacterial infection, and ...
Integrative Statistical Learning with Applications to Predicting Features of Diseases and Health.
(2011)
This dissertation develops methods of integrative statistical learning to studies of two human
diseases - respiratory infectious diseases and leukemia. It concerns integrating statistically
principled approaches to connect ...