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Human-to-human transmission of the Andes strain requires very close contact, like sharing food or living quarters, according Steven Bradfute, an immunologist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center whose lab has sequenced hantaviruses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

An international team has sequenced the genomes of nearly every finch studied on Daphne and revealed the genetic architecture of adaptive change.

From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023

Now, a team of researchers has sequenced gut microbiomes from Hadza people — members of a hunter-gatherer society in northern Tanzania — and compared them with those from people in Nepal and California.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023

Despite recent improvements, the country has sequenced a smaller share of cases since the beginning of the pandemic than many other nations, according to GISAID, an international database of viral genomes.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2021

South Africa, where scientists first observed the spread of Omicron, has sequenced a wealth of genomes and produced data about early cases.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2021