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August 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Medicine Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 21, 2017

RNA-seq reveals more consistent reference genes for gene expression studies in human non-melanoma skin cancers

Van L.T. Hoang, Lisa N. Tom, Xiu-Cheng Quek, Jean-Marie Tan, Elizabeth J. Payne, Lynlee L. Lin, Sudipta Sinnya, Anthony P. Raphael, Duncan Lambie, Ian H. Frazer, Marcel E. Dinger, H. Peter Soyer, Tarl W. Prow

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3631 PubMed 28852586

August 17, 2017

Genome-wide association study identifies novel type II diabetes risk loci in Jordan subpopulations

Rana Dajani, Jin Li, Zhi Wei, Michael E. March, Qianghua Xia, Yousef Khader, Nancy Hakooz, Raja Fatahallah, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Ala Arafat, Tareq Saleh, Abdel Rahman Dajani, Zaid Al-Abbadi, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Abdel Halim Shiyab, Anwar Bateiha, Kamel Ajlouni, Hakon Hakonarson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3618 PubMed 28828242

August 17, 2017

RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) of lymph node, spleen, and thymus transcriptome from wild Peninsular Malaysian cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Joey Ee Uli, Christina Seok Yien Yong, Swee Keong Yeap, Jeffrine J. Rovie-Ryan, Nurulfiza Mat Isa, Soon Guan Tan, Noorjahan Banu Alitheen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3566 PubMed 28828235