Month: July 2020
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Immune Responses Shown in Covid-19 Nasal Vaccine
An experimental vaccine to prevent Covid-19 infections, given as a nasal spray, produces immune responses in tests with lab mice.
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Trial Underway Assessing Insomnia Therapy App
A clinical trial began enrolling participants to collect real world evidence on a digital therapy designed to relieve chronic insomnia.
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Covid-19 Vaccines, Therapies – 13 July 2020
This week’s report shows a marked increase in activity on therapies, while the number of vaccines in development and clinical trials increased only slightly.
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Infographic – Apple Leads in A.I. Acquistions
Among the tech giants, Apple is the most aggressive in acquiring start-ups developing A.I. applications over the past 10 years.
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HBCUs Still Putting Blacks in STEM
HBCUs still hand out more bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields to Blacks than traditionally white institutions, but no longer produce the rates of STEM bachelors they once did.
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Cannabis Assessed for Pain in Real-World Trial
A clinical trial in Canada is evaluating medical cannabis products as treatments for chronic pain with participants reporting their experiences online.
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Pharma Companies Form $1B Antibiotics Fund
A group of 23 pharmaceutical companies are creating an investment fund to finance research and development of new drugs to combat antibiotic resistance.
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NIH Opens Covid-19 Clinical Trial Network
National Institutes of Health is organizing a collection of sites for late-stage clinical trials to test Covid-19 vaccines and antibody treatments.
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EC, France Fund Universal Covid-19, Flu Vaccines
A biotechnology company is receiving European Commission and French government funds to develop vaccines that protect against all strains of Covid-19 and flu viruses.
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Univ. Lab Discovers, Licenses Citrus Disease Treatment
Plant scientists in California discovered a natural peptide that stops bacteria from causing citrus greening, a disease destroying citrus crops worldwide.