Tag: Genetics and Heredity

Philanthropists Push Police Searches of DNA Databases

Mr. Mittelman, Othram’s C.E.O., said his company had received more than $400,000 from philanthropic donors. According to Crunchbase,…

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…

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…

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…