TGen COVID-19 tracking program receives grant from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) TGen today announced a substantial grant from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer chips, to help TGen sustain Arizona's fight against COVID-19. The TSMC grant will boost TGen efforts to track variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 infection. TGen's program is designed to gain intelligence about the current pandemic, as well as prepare for a next potential regional or global disease outbreak.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news