The making of the great Indian cancer-genome atlas, a dedicated database to enable curated therapies

In December, even before the exuberance over the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines could sink in, researchers in the UK found that gene mutations or natural changes in the coronavirus had made it even more infectious. Advanced scientific capabilities in mapping genes helped countries impose fresh restrictions on movement of people. Around the same time, over Zoom calls, another set of scientists from India and the US were labouring to meet a much