South Africa in the news: New SARS-CoV-2 lineages continue to threaten pandemic control in England, suggests genomic study: A new study shows the pattern of the rise of various strains in the UK, as shown by the data collected by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium. This allows the rise and fall of 62 different viral …
South Africa in the news: Covid-19: Africa scrambles to increase genomic testing capacity as variants spread: African countries are struggling to bolster genomic sequencing as SARS-CoV-2 variants spread on the continent, reports Abdullahi Tsanni As the world entered 2021, the covid-19 pandemic began a new …: “South Africa” – BingNews Coronavirus: Hong Kong to overhaul …
From bioweapons to super soldiers: how the UK is joining the genomic technology arms race: Gene editing could create super soldiers. Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock The UK government recently announced an £800 million, taxpayer-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria). The brainchild of the British prime minister’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings and modelled on the US Defense …
How South Africans can use their DNA to be good genomic citizens: Direct-to-consumer genetic testing can help scientific researchers. Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock In the past few years, people have become fascinated with using their DNA to learn more about themselves, their origins, family trees, predisposition to health conditions and quirky traits. This has been enabled by the …