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Rhys Thomas White, Scientist, Genomics and Bioinformatics, ESR

Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases

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Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense.

For the tiny babies cared for in these wards, any infection could prove fatal. Great care is taken to prevent the spread of pathogens, but outbreaks still occur.

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