The 2nd edition of the 15th volume of the Iraqi Journal of
Biotechnology was published in the 2nd of June 2016, issued by the
Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for post Graduate
Studies, The number contains twelve research papers in different
fields of molecular genetics and biotechnology. The research included
sophisticated molecular diagnosing approaches using gene mutation
detection methods, short tandem repeats (STR) and silver
nano-particles, other papers focused on the relationships and the
association factors of several indicators of diseases of Iraqi
patients. One study presents an improvement method for over production
of bacterial growth. Other two studies included detection and
characterization of bacterial infection.