Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret, was created from the frozen cells of another member of its species that lived approximately three decades ago.
Scientists have cloned an endangered US animal for the first time, creating a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann from the frozen cells of an ancestor in a landmark achievement that boosts conservation efforts.
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In this photo taken on Friday Dec. 25, 2020, Virologist Sunday Omilabu in a lab, during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)
Public health laboratories in New Jersey and Delaware are working to do more investigations of the genetic data of coronavirus samples, to identify new variants sooner and see how the virus is spreading.
There’s a national need for this work, also known as genomic sequencing. It involves looking at all the genetic data of a coronavirus sample to see how it compares to other samples.
Only a tiny percentage of positive COVID-19 cases in the United States have been sequenced so far, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the vast majority of states, including Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, less than 1% of all positive COVID-19 cases have been sequenced. All three states have reported cases of COVID-19 linked to the B1.1.7 variant of the virus. Scientists at a
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