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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

A major part of the study came from 44 newly sequenced genomes from modern Nama individuals in southern Africa.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

He said he expected refined products to be “secondary” and be sequenced in over the next eight to 18 months.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Following the chatbots' advice, he paid $3,000 to have Rosie's genome sequenced, and used the same online tools to analyse her DNA data.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Indeed, as predicted, when the gene encoding the hemoglobin B chain was later identified and sequenced in sickle-cell patients, there was a single change: one triplet in DNA—GAG—had changed to another—GTG.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee