Rutgers researchers have developed an analytical tool for spotting and omitting stray DNA and RNA that contaminate genetic analyses of single-celled organisms. Their work, which appears in Nature Computational Science , also may help laboratories avoid mismatching sequenced gene fragments from different organisms in the same sample. The free software, dubbed Single-cell Analysis of Host-Microbiome Interactions, or SAHMI, can improve the accuracy of medical research - particularly research into the microbiome's effect on health - and may eventually drive clinical care that hinges upon genetic analyses of tissue samples.

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