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Sequencing human genomes in the fight against coronavirus

Dr Kenneth Baillie has been treating critically ill patients at Edinburgh鈥檚 Royal Infirmary since the pandemic started. As the lead on GenOMICC, a global collaboration on genetics and critical illness, he has joined forces with Genomics England and the NHS to pinpoint genetic signals in these patients to help identify the best treatments.

(Image: DNA Genetic Code Colorful Genome, Credit: ktsimage/Getty Images.)

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