Harnessing genomic data key to fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Genomics can also help identify the human genetic determinants of COVID-19 susceptibility—why some people get so sick and others do not—as well as its severity and potential outcomes.

The more data we have, the better policy decisions our public health agencies—and scientists working on drug therapies, treatments and vaccines—can make, writes Rob Annan of Genome Canada.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROB ANNAN

April 24, 2020

A virus is a confounding thing. A short stretch of nucleic acid bundled inside a protein capsule. That’s it. And yet, that tiny bundle contains all sorts of information, which ultimately can tell us how a virus operates, how it spreads, and how it might be stopped....

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