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New mobile app analyses coronavirus genome in minutes, claim scientists
Melbourne: Scientists have developed a new smartphone app that can analyse the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, within minutes.Described in the journal Communications Biology, the ‘Genopo’ app makes genetic material more accessible to remote or under-resourced regions, as well as the hospital bedside."Not everyone has access to the high-power computing resources that are required for DNA and RNA analysis, but most people have access to a smartphone," said Ira Deveson from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia."Fast, real-time genomic analysis is more crucial today than ever, as a central method for tracking the spread of coronavirus.