Project Gesundheit

Project Gesundheit is an initiative by Amazon.com to find a cure for the common cold.^[a] The initiative is reported to be directed from Amazon Web Services' Grand Challenge research and development group.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Grand Challenge, also known as 1492 and Amazon X, was founded in 2014 and was reported by CNBC to be staffed by "former Google X engineers and founders of various health start-ups".^[6]

Footnotes

^ The common cold may be caused by a human coronavirus.^[1]

References

^ Myint, Steven H. (1995). "Human Coronavirus Infections". In Siddell, Stuart G. (ed.). The Coronaviridae. The Viruses. Plenum Press. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-306-44972-7. Human respiratory coronaviruses are now well accepted as causes of upper respiratory tract illness and, in particular, the common cold.
^ Farr, Christina (2020-03-06). "Amazon is secretly working on a cure for the common cold". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Osborne, Charlie (2020-03-09). "Meet Project Gesundheit: Amazon's secret project to cure the common cold". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Pearce, Tim (2020-03-06). "'Project Gesundheit': Amazon is trying to make a common cold vaccine". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Finley, Dane (2020-03-10). "Amazon has secretly been working on a cure for the common cold". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Eugene Kim; Christina Farr (June 5, 2018). "Inside Amazon's Grand Challenge — a secretive lab working on cancer research and other ventures".

[2] The common cold may be caused by a human coronavirus.^[1]

[1] Myint, Steven H. (1995). "Human Coronavirus Infections". In Siddell, Stuart G. (ed.). The Coronaviridae. The Viruses. Plenum Press. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-306-44972-7. Human respiratory coronaviruses are now well accepted as causes of upper respiratory tract illness and, in particular, the common cold.

[Farr_2020-3] Farr, Christina (2020-03-06). "Amazon is secretly working on a cure for the common cold". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[Osborne_2020-4] Osborne, Charlie (2020-03-09). "Meet Project Gesundheit: Amazon's secret project to cure the common cold". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[Pearce_2020-5] Pearce, Tim (2020-03-06). "'Project Gesundheit': Amazon is trying to make a common cold vaccine". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[Finley_2020-6] Finley, Dane (2020-03-10). "Amazon has secretly been working on a cure for the common cold". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[7] Eugene Kim; Christina Farr (June 5, 2018). "Inside Amazon's Grand Challenge — a secretive lab working on cancer research and other ventures".

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