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Tag: Genetics and Heredity
A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy
Illumina, the leading maker of gene-sequencing machines, is tiny compared with the tech giants of Silicon Valley. But like Google…
In New York City Sewage, a Mysterious Coronavirus Signal
“To have something in a sewershed that you’re detecting, you need a fair bit of it around,” said Dr. Adam…
How Omicron’s Mutations Allow It To Thrive
Because an immunocompromised host doesn’t produce a lot of antibodies, many viruses are left to propagate. And new mutant viruses…
In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig
“It was either die or do this transplant,” Mr. Bennett said before the surgery, according to officials at the University…
Sickle Cell Math Is Brutally Simple, but Not Widely Taught
No doctor ever counseled Lametra Scott and her husband, Rickey Buggs, to get a simple blood test that would have…
Omicron Is a Dress Rehearsal for the Next Pandemic
Seek and you shall findIn any other context, it would have been unremarkable: On Sunday, Nov. 28, a San Francisco…