New Method Predicts Individual Response to Ebola Infection
Not everyone who catches Ebola dies of the hemorrhagic virus infection. Some people mount a robust immune defense and recover ...
Tag: Genomics
Why Do Some of the Outbreak Genomes Have More Mutations Than Others?
Recent news reports have included speculation that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is ‘mutating’ and ‘evolving’ amid increasing concern that the outbreak ...
Combining Viral Genomics with Public Health Data Revealed New Details About Mumps Outbreaks
In 2016 and 2017, a surge of mumps cases at Boston-area universities prompted researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT ...
Scientists from Noblis and DoD Identify Unique Genetic Sequences of Emerging Coronavirus Threat
Scientists from Noblis and the Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for ...
DNA Synthesis Risk Reduction: New Report Outlines Framework for Global Safeguards
In 2019, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the World Economic Forum organized an international expert Working Group on Preventing Illicit ...
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Biodefence: Implications for Threat Assessment And Biosurveillance
The use of AI and big data analytics for the purpose of intelligence is a new discipline of information extraction ...
Highly Sensitive Epigenomic Technology Combats Disease
In a recently published article in Nature Protocols, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech outline a new technology to help ...
Tracing the Ancestral Genome of The Plague
An international team of researchers has analyzed remains from ten archaeological sites in England, France, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland to ...
Mount Sinai Receives U.S. Military Contract to Identify Exposure to Weaponized Infectious Agents
Rapidly determining exposure to weaponized infectious agents, chemicals, or radiation is one of the greatest challenges of force protection and ...
NIST Wants Your Help Standardizing Genome Editing Terminology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Genome Editing Consortium addresses the measurements and standards needed to increase confidence and ...
What’s the Right Way for Scientists to Edit Human Genes? 5 Essential Reads
Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been grappling with ...
Cyberbiosecurity Challenges of Pathogen Genome Databases
Pathogen detection, identification, and tracking is shifting from non-molecular methods, DNA fingerprinting methods, and single gene methods to methods relying ...
National Toxicology Program Seeks Support to Examine Test Articles for Genetic Changes
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), in support of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), is conducting market research ...
Illumina Acquires Edico Genome to Accelerate NGS Data Analysis
Illumina, Inc. announced on 15 May that it acquired Edico Genome, the leading provider of data analysis acceleration solutions for ...
Blocking Gene Expression to Combat Deadly Fungal Infection
Each year, invasive fungal infections sicken an estimated 2 million people worldwide and kill nearly 800,000 - but a team ...
The Evolving Nature of Synthetic Biology: A Panel Discussion on Key Science, Policy, and Societal Challenges Facing the International Community
Remarks given by E. William Colglazier, Ph.D., Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary Jonathan Margolis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, ...
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