Scientists oppose COVID-19 genome data being open![]()
Sneha KulkarniTue, 05/11/2021 - 08:57
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As the COVID-19 causing virus continues to surge and mutate, researchers around the world are working to identify and study the mutations of the virus. Most researchers use GISAID, a popular repository, to store SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences. To access these sequences, researchers need to sign in to GISAID; and if they analyze any data, they are required to acknowledge the researchers to whom the data belongs.