Synthetic biologists have created a slow-growing version of the coronavirus to give as a vaccine
WELLCOME COLLECTION In the 1950s, Albert Sabin was searching for an improved polio vaccine. To that end, his lab infected
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AstraZeneca has paused its vaccine trial after a participant fell ill
The news: AstraZeneca has paused its global phase 3 covid-19 vaccine trial after a UK participant fell seriously ill. It’s
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How does loneliness affect our brains?
Long before the world had ever heard of covid-19, Kay Tye set out to answer a question that has taken
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The “staged rollout” of gene-modified babies could start with sickle-cell disease
In a high-level report precipitated by the birth of CRISPR babies in China in 2018, scientists say the technology’s next
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IBM has built a new drug-making lab entirely in the cloud
The news: IBM has built a new chemistry lab called RoboRXN in the cloud. It combines AI models, a cloud
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Hong Kong researchers say they’ve found the world’s first case of covid-19 reinfection
The 33-year-old-man arrived by plane in Hong Kong on August 15. After disembarking, he headed to one of the airport’s
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The US just approved the use of plasma from covid-19 survivors as a treatment
The US has approved wide emergency use of blood plasma from covid-19 survivors as a treatment for coronavirus infection, despite
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Every country wants a covid-19 vaccine. Who will get it first?
The Chinese company Sinovac Biotech developed an experimental vaccine for SARS back in 2004. That disease went away after killing
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Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US
The large number of people already infected with the coronavirus in the US has begun to act as a brake
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Novavax has announced encouraging early results for its experimental coronavirus vaccine
The news: Maryland biotechnology company Novavax has announced encouraging results from a preliminary study of its experimental coronavirus vaccine. The
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