diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 194d8af285..2059062e97 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -5317,6 +5317,34 @@ bindings to C and C++ libraries.")
         ("rust-diff" ,rust-diff-0.1)
         ("rust-shlex" ,rust-shlex-0.1))))))
 
+(define-public rust-bio-types-0.12
+  (package
+    (name "rust-bio-types")
+    (version "0.12.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "bio-types" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0qww2l3hbxyayhpv16yxzayxxxmvq7wk3j64xsx9rigzzfbdjy9z"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-derive-new" ,rust-derive-new-0.5)
+        ("rust-lazy-static" ,rust-lazy-static-1)
+        ("rust-petgraph" ,rust-petgraph-0.5)
+        ("rust-regex" ,rust-regex-1)
+        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
+        ("rust-strum-macros" ,rust-strum-macros-0.20)
+        ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1))))
+    (home-page "https://rust-bio.github.io")
+    (synopsis "Common biomedical types for use in rust-bio and rust-htslib")
+    (description
+     "This package provides a collection of common biomedical types for use in
+rust-bio and rust-htslib.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public rust-bit-field-0.10
   (package
     (name "rust-bit-field")