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NEWS
"We're launching"
No you aren't
You are re-announcing something and the money part that was announced nearly 2 months ago for political spin advantage on a Wednesday which just happens to be oh yes #PMQs day
What cynical utter bastards you are
NEWS
"We're launching"
No you aren't
You are re-announcing something and the money part that was announced nearly 2 months ago for political spin advantage on a Wednesday which just happens to be oh yes #PMQs day
What cynical utter bastards you are
"A major new human whole genome sequencing study will take place across the NHS, involving up to 20,000 people currently or previously in an intensive care unit with coronavirus, as well as 15,000 individuals who have mild or moderate symptoms."
gov.uk/government/new…
gov.uk/government/new…
"The project is backed by £28 million from Genomics England, UK Research and Innovation, the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Institute for Health Research. Illumina will sequence all 35,000 genomes and share some of the cost via an in-kind contribution."
Here's a reminder of Alok Sharma on 23rd March 2020
"UK launches whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus
The £20 million investment could help public health agencies combat COVID-19 and future pandemics."
gov.uk/government/new…
"UK launches whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus
The £20 million investment could help public health agencies combat COVID-19 and future pandemics."
gov.uk/government/new…
"The COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium - comprised of the NHS, Public Health Agencies, Wellcome Sanger Institute, and numerous other academic institutions - has invested £20 million to analyse the genetic code of COVID-19 samples circulating in the UK "
".....and share intelligence with hospitals, regional NHS centres and the Government. In doing so, it hopes to give public health agencies and clinicians a comprehensive tool to fight the virus."
"Samples from confirmed cases of COVID-19 will be sent to a variety of sequencing centres around the UK, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford and Sheffield. "
"By looking at the whole virus genome in people who have tested positive for COVID-19, researchers can monitor changes in the virus at a national scale to further understand how the virus spreads and if new strains are emerging. "
Here's a backdrop to genomics from
11th February 2020
“I can announce that Public Health England has sequenced the viral genome from the first two positive cases in the UK, and is today making that sequence available to the scientific community,”
genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/what-can-…
11th February 2020
“I can announce that Public Health England has sequenced the viral genome from the first two positive cases in the UK, and is today making that sequence available to the scientific community,”
genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/what-can-…
Christian Drosten 28th February
"more than 350 genome sequences have been shared on GISAID, an online platform....because the sequences represent a tiny fraction of cases and show few telltale differences, they are easy to overinterpret,"
science.sciencemag.org/content/367/64…
"more than 350 genome sequences have been shared on GISAID, an online platform....because the sequences represent a tiny fraction of cases and show few telltale differences, they are easy to overinterpret,"
science.sciencemag.org/content/367/64…
I could go into Horizon 2020 and the benefits of EU science research coopeartion and funding as it approaches its 4 year anniversary of brexit and the hollow con of cheating, lies, racism, xenophobia and fantasy cakeist bullshit it was and always will be
ec.europa.eu/digital-single…
ec.europa.eu/digital-single…
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