Following the coronavirus's spread through the population—and anticipating its next move—is an important part of the public health response to the new disease, especially since containment is our only defense so far.
Apr 27, 2020
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Researchers say they've developed a low-cost swab test that can diagnose COVID-19 infections in about 45 minutes.
Apr 16, 2020
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DNA sequencing is becoming a more commonplace method for detecting diseases and improving precision medicine. Because DNA sequencing does not detect all possible disease-causing mutations, RNA sequencing is often used to ...
Apr 8, 2020
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It might be the future of diagnostic testing for common infections, and could prove to be a crucial tool for understanding and fighting novel viruses. Next generation genetic sequencing—or next generation sequencing (NGS) ...
Mar 23, 2020
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A U.S. scientist is helping public health authorities understand and track the coronavirus, turning up clues about how it arrived and spread through Washington state and beyond, including potentially seeding an outbreak on ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Mutations discovered in the first Brazilian case of coronavirus are no cause for alarm, a leading virologist says, as the virus seems to be remaining stable enough for a single vaccine to work.
Mar 5, 2020
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The Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center (RIMGC) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched in 2014 as a first-of-its-kind system to help families navigate the complex process of genetic and genomic ...
Feb 26, 2020
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The genetic code of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is only about 30,000 characters long, but what a story it tells.
Feb 24, 2020
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Online services that allow users to upload their genetic information, research genealogy and find lost relatives may be vulnerable to a sort of genetic hacking, according to two geneticists at the University of California, ...
Jan 7, 2020
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The colour of our eyes or the straightness of our hair is linked to our DNA, but the development of Alzheimer's disease isn't exclusively linked to genetics, suggest recently published findings.
Dec 11, 2019
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