A large-scale genomic investigation has identified new genetic risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and revealed substantial overlap with pathways that also predispose individuals to ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, which is otherwise known as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), continues to pose significant worldwide health and economic ...

SYDNEY, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Australian scientists said on Thursday they had developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would cut to within four hours the time taken to trace the source of ...

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Add a new chapter to Beijing’s long record of COVID chicanery: Turns out a Chinese researcher actually mapped the novel virus’ genome by Dec. 28, 2019 — two weeks before Beijing shared that vital info ...

In a recent study published in Communications Biology, a team of scientists investigated how type 2 diabetes and genetic susceptibility to the disease impacted the severity of and mortality risk ...

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic rages on, it is important to explore new evolution-resistant vaccine antigens and new vaccine platforms that can produce readily scalable, ...

The new COVID-19 variant has been found in Texas making it the fourth case identified in the nation, a leader at the Houston Methodist Hospital announced Thursday afternoon. Three other states and ...