Rapid Reconstruction Method for Large RNA Virus Genomes During an Outbreak
In a new study published in Nature, research led by scientists at the Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) and ...
Tag: Genomics
Cambridge University to Spearhead £20 million Alliance to Map Spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus
The University of Cambridge is to take a leading role in a major national effort to help understand and control ...
Sequencing the DNA of Patients Screened for Coronavirus Might Save Lives
Scientists should start sequencing the genomes of coronavirus patients. We should look for DNA differences between patients who are severely ...
The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2
Identifying the closest viral relatives of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in animals will greatly assist studies of viral function. The genomic features ...
Free Coronavirus Sequencing Kits for Researchers Offered by U-M Startup
As doctors, scientists and governments try to get a grip on COVID-19, the University of Michigan startup Arbor Biosciences is ...
Genome Detective Coronavirus Typing Tool for Novel Coronavirus Genomes
Since its release in 2019, researchers have utilized the Genome Detective Typing Tool application to produce a number of phylogenetic ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comments Due: Code of Conduct for Timely Sharing of Pathogen Genetic Sequence Data During Outbreak
A key concern in recent outbreaks has been variable timelines between the start of an outbreak and the public availability ...
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 ...
