The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) opened an online scientific literature sharing platform for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) studies.
The COVID-19 Pneumonia Scientific Literature Sharing Platform of CAS collects the published study papers about COVID-19 written by the CAS researchers or in its journals, according to the academy's website.
The platform, http://ncov.cas.cn/, also shares scientific data resources of the National Microbiology Data Center and National Genomics Data Centers.
It provides open services of information browsing, searching and sharing, aiming to promote the international exchange of scientific research on COVID-19. (Xinhua)
Chinese researchers have published a series of academic papers on their early findings of the novel coronavirus that has claimed over 50 lives and infected nearly 2,000 people nationwide in China. A paper published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine showed the electron micrographs of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The virus particles were generally spherical, with some pleomorphism. Their diameters varied from about 60 to 140 nanometers. They had quite distinctive spikes, about 9 to 12 nanometers, which gave them the appearance of a solar corona, according to the paper.
Chinese scientists have shared scientific data related to the novel coronavirus with the world and will seek more international cooperation. With the epidemic now entering a mitigation phase in China, they plan to hold seminars to communicate with international institutions and scientists to listen to their suggestions and understand their needs for data.
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