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Published: June 11, 2012, 1:47 a.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello\xa0and\xa0Rich Condit

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Vincent and Rich discuss recovery of a hepatitis B viral genome from a 16th century Korean mummy, and personal omics profiling of an individual over a 14 month period.

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• Tracing HBV to the\xa016th century\xa0(Hepatology)
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• HBV on TWiV
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• Precautions with\xa0ancient DNA\xa0(Science)
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• Personal omics profile\xa0over 14 months (Cell)
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• A geneticist's research\xa0turns personal\xa0(NY Times)
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• Mike Snyder on\xa0Futures in Biotech
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• The DASH diet
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• TWiV on Facebook
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 187
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