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Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions

Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions

FromNature Podcast


Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions

FromNature Podcast

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2021
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Podcast episode

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A repository with millions of data points will track immunity and variant spread.To answer the big questions in the pandemic, researchers need access to data. But while a wealth has been collected, much of it isn’t collated or accessible to the people who need it.This week sees the launch of Global.health, a database that aims to collate an enormous amount of anonymized information about individual COVID-19 cases.On this week’s Coronapod we discuss how this database could help answer the biggest questions facing scientists right now, from variants to vaccines – could data change the game?News: Massive Google-funded COVID database will track variants and immunityNews: Can COVID vaccines stop transmission? Scientists race to find answers
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Feb 26, 2021
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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and providing in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.