Biotech company Moderna, one of many organizations developing a vaccine for COVID-19, published results from an early-stage test of its experimental mRNA vaccine in the New England Journal of Medicine July 14. Vanderbilt ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Currently, it takes more than two hours to perform and evaluate a test for SARS-CoV-2—meaning that a laboratory can test only a very limited number of people per day. In a study with several cooperation partners, cell biologists ...
Jul 13, 2020
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Children with COVID-19 may present with new neurological symptoms involving the central and peripheral nervous systems, and splenial changes on imaging, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Neurology.
Jul 3, 2020
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Incorrect labeling of food products is causing too many allergic reactions and needs to be more tightly regulated, a University of Melbourne researcher says.
Jun 23, 2020
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Shortages of toilet paper earlier this year showed just how fragile our global supply chain is when it is under duress. And as scientists around the world scramble to find a treatment for COVID-19, that fragility may prove ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Early diagnosis and isolation of patients with COVID-19 is a keystone for controlling the pandemic. While testing capacity has grown, quick turnaround for patient results remains critical.
Jun 19, 2020
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A new study found that animals sampled in the wildlife-trade supply chain bound for human consumption had high proportions of coronaviruses, and that the proportion of positives significantly increases as animals travel from ...
Jun 18, 2020
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A group testing approach proposed by a Cornell researcher, in which samples of COVID-19 tests are pooled and analyzed collectively, could potentially curtail the virus's spread through weekly testing of every household in ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Fairly early in the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists discovered that the virus that causes the disease—SARS-CoV-2—is shed in faeces. But unlike the virus found in mucus and spit, the bits of virus found in faecal matter ...
Jun 9, 2020
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A research group led by the University of Bologna identified a new mechanism that can obtain serological tests that are quicker, more cost-effective and more reliable than those currently in use. This mechanism is based on ...
Jun 8, 2020
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