'Genomic fingerprinting' helps us trace coronavirus outbreaks. What is it and how does it work?
- Written by Rebecca Rockett, Virologist, University of Sydney
United Nations COVID-19 Response/UnsplashIf you had told me in January that “genomics” would become a buzzword in 2020, I’d have thought you were crazy.
But the COVID-19 pandemic has brought medical science to the top of our nightly news bulletins. And now, it seems, everyone is talking about genomics.
During Australia’s...





