Tag: genomics
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Covid-19 Vaccine Generates Immune Response
First results from a clinical trial testing a vaccine to protect against Covid-19 infections show the vaccine produces an immune response in healthy participants.
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FDA Stops Home Covid-19 Diagnostic Test
The Food and Drug Administration asked designers of a Covid-19 test collecting samples at home for research to stop giving results to individuals.
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Int’l Group Backs Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine
A global consortium is funding a biotechnology company’s clinical trials and manufacturing plans for a vaccine protecting against Covid-19 viruses.
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Pharmas License A.I.-Aided Gene Therapies
A university spin-off company designing synthetic viruses with artificial intelligence to deliver gene therapies is licensing its work for eye and muscle disorders.
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Phone-Linked Diagnostic Sensor Designed for Covid-19
A university engineering lab is creating a small reusable device connected to a smartphone that detects SARS-CoV-2 viruses in a drop of saliva.
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![[Updated] Fast Paper Strip Covid-19 Test Devised with Crispr](https://technewslit.com/sciencebusiness/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SherlockTestStrips_Zhanglab_BroadInst-150x112.jpg)
[Updated] Fast Paper Strip Covid-19 Test Devised with Crispr
A simple, fast test for Covid-19 infections with treated paper dipped in specimens is being created with the gene-editing technology Crispr.
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Microsoft, Biotech Examine Covid-19 Immune Response
A study is enrolling home-bound participants to learn more about the response of T-cells in the immune system to SARS-CoV-2 viruses causing Covid-19 infections.
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Oxford, AstraZeneca Partner on Covid-19 Vaccine
AstraZeneca agreed today to help develop, manufacture, and distribute a candidate vaccine to prevent Covid-19 infections designed by University of Oxford.
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Trial Okayed in Germany for Covid-19 Vaccine
Regulators in Germany cleared a clinical trial to begin testing a vaccine with synthetic RNA to prevent coronaviruses from causing Covid-19 infections.
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FDA Clears Home Covid-19 Diagnostic Test
The Food and Drug Administration today granted an emergency authorization for a Covid-19 diagnostic test performed at home and sent back to a lab.