Top Northern Arizona University microbiologists are joining the fight to track COVID-19. Members of NAU’s Pathogen and Microbiome Institute are joining TGen and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Arizona to form a union dedicated to tracking the coronavirus. The union was announced Wednesday. Researchers with the “Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union” want to better understand how the virus may be evolving, how it’s transmitted and how it’s moving through the general population. They will use samples from COVID-19 patients to analyze the virus’ genetic codes, track the different strains, and more, to possibly reveal details that could provide critical information for testing, anti-viral drug targets and vaccine development in the battle against COVID-19. The union hopes their work will give Arizona healthcare providers and public policy makers, an edge in responding to the pandemic.
NAU Scientists Team Up With Others To Track And Study COVID-19
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