Nine billion and counting - Mapping the human variants and their effects on health and disease
Date: 16 January 2024
Author: Alexandra Canet
The Atlas of Variant Effects Alliance celebrates its fourth year this month. A collaboration of multiple institutes, including the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Alliance has the aim of assessing the effects of all variants in our genomes. In this blog, we highlight the Alliance’s achievements and the diverse community underpinning such a colossal effort.