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Research partnership between Google and autism speaks
The world's largest genomic database of sequenced genetic information will help provide information for family members and patients living with autism spectrum disorder. The collaboration between Google and Autism Speak officially began on December 9, 2013. The joint project aims to achieve important breakthroughs in the study of autism. Project “MSSNG” is pronounced “Missing”. The vowels in the word are missing to represent the lack of knowledge about autism. The project is “the most promising autism research ever conducted,” said Liz Field, president of Autism Speak. She also noted that the project complements research already underway on DNA links to the autism spectrum...
Research partnership between Google and autism speaks
The world's largest genomic database of sequenced genetic information will help provide information for family members and patients living with autism spectrum disorder. The collaboration between Google and Autism Speak officially began on December 9, 2013. The joint project aims to achieve important breakthroughs in the study of autism.
Project “MSSNG” is pronounced “Missing”. The vowels in the word are missing to represent the lack of knowledge about autism. The project is “the most promising autism research ever conducted,” said Liz Field, president of Autism Speak. She also noted that the project would complement research already underway on DNA links to the autism spectrum.
Over 10,000 families living with autism could have their questions about the disorder answered through this DNA sequencing project.
With Google Cloud, researchers around the world can freely access the information. The open resource will be available to researchers around the world. Scientists can access and share research. The program brings together the greatest minds in science from around the world to examine trillions of data points in a database.
The program, previously called The Autism Speaks Ten Thousand Genomes Program (AUT10K), is a major milestone in advancing genomic autism research. The potential for breakthroughs in causes, diagnosis and subtypes is exponential.
Autism Speaks is pushing for a social media campaign to raise awareness of the project. The campaign is asking supporters to remove the vowels from their Twitter display names. You can do this by logging into your account, clicking Edit, and then clicking Name. Once users change their name, users will be prompted to post:We are missing a lot of information about autism. Support the @AutismSpeaks #MSSNG project by removing letters from your name: http://mss.ng.
This massive project requires a lot of money to sequence the collection of genomes. The MSSNG project needs $25 million by the end of next year to continue tracking progress. The database contains 10,000 DNA samples. Each DNA sample contains over 3 billion strands of DNA, which is approximately 3 trillion total strands of data. The data in the program corresponds to the amount of data collected continuously over 13 years from high-definition television.
"Millions of people living with autism today need answers. The MSSNG project is the search for those answers, and we will find them. The best researchers in the world will search this DNA database so we can uncover and understand the different subtypes of autism. Then we can get to work developing tailored treatments and therapies so we can improve the quality of life for so many people who need help," Field said.
To donate to the MSSNG project, visit: http://www.mss.ng/donate
Inspired by Paul Napier, MA, BCBA