June 2, 2020via Amazon Science
Amazon Web Services open-sources biological knowledge graph to fight COVID-19
Why it matters
AWS is democratizing AI-powered drug discovery by open-sourcing biological data infrastructure, potentially accelerating pandemic response and establishing cloud providers as key players in healthcare AI.
Key signals
- Six public databases combined into single knowledge graph
- Includes machine learning tools for biological research
- Open-sourced by Amazon Web Services
- Specifically designed to fight COVID-19
The hook
Not a pilot. AWS just open-sourced a biological knowledge graph combining 6 databases to accelerate COVID-19 research.
Knowledge graph combines data from six public databases, includes machine learning tools.
Relevance score:75/100