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Culturomics: Essentials to a Successful Bacterial Culture


Research Question: How can scientists systematically study the gut microbiome bacteria strains using culturomics and genomics?
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Gene Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Breakthroughs and Societal Costs


Research Question/Hypothesis: New gene and RNA therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy show how powerful genomic medicine can be; but extremely high costs and need for early genetic testing...
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How can genomics help answer the free will vs. determinism question regarding altruism?


Altruism, the trait of sacrificing self-gain for the benefit of others, may be expressed as a result of both genes and environmental influence. 
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Improving accuracy of coronary artery disease diagnosis with biomarker-based machine learning models


We hypothesize that by utilizing CatBoost and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), biomarker and electrocardiogram-based machine learning models can predict whether a patient has coronar...
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Genetic and Environmental Factors influencing the prevalence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)


Research Question: What is the influence of genes and environmental factors on the risk of developing ALS and the severity of its symptoms?