Tools for Gene Function Analysis

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Scientists across the world are working together to fight the novel coronavirus. Here we take a closer look at three fields of research which are vital to keeping this outbreak under control: epidemiology, virology and biomedical science.

The lab of Dr. Alex Greninger, in the virology division of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is studying the latest genomic information about the novel Coronavirus, and its possible implications for the clinical virology laboratory.