The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) recently said that the exercise to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database under the Centre-backed Genome India Project is about two-thirds ...

Researchers at the California Department of Public Health developed a new, effective, and low-cost way to carry out whole genome sequencing for hantaviruses.

Infections by hantaviruses are rare but dangerous, killing 30–40% of infected people. When cases occur, public health ...

Michigan Tech's Genomic Sequencing Lab, part of the University's Health Research Institute, plays a leading role in tracking animal-borne illnesses in the Upper Peninsula region while also advancing ...

To many, the genome is a puzzle—a many-sided puzzle whose meaning stretches across your life, your children's, and your family's. To many, the genome is a puzzle—a many-sided puzzle whose meaning ...

An infectious diseases detection platform developed by University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection preventionists proved over a two-year trial that it stops outbreaks, saves lives ...

Questions are appearing on social media about how we know there is a rise in certain COVID-19 variants if individual tests cannot detect specific variants. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and ...

More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn genomic sequencing results to parents and measure the effects on newborn care. Today, over 30 ...

The Forum on Microbial Threats will host a public workshop to examine how genomics technologies have been applied to disease surveillance and response and identify potential opportunities for broader ...

Led by scientists at the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore, HERRO, an AI tool, boosts the accuracy of ultra-long nanopore ...