Google is on a mission to pinpoint the genetic causes of autism. The company is using its cloud-based genome database, Google Genomics, to sequence genomes from 10,000 people on the autism spectrum, along with their family members. The plan is to host and index the genomes so that researchers can…
Today, scientists report the discovery of an incredibly common new virus that lives inside human gut bacteria. It’s called crAssphage (more on the name later!), and it’s about six times more abundant than all other known bacterial viruses put together. How did we miss it for so long?