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CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna turns lab into coronavirus test center
A team of academic and industry researchers led by Jennifer Doudna, the researcher best known for her role in the ...
Timing ‘couldn’t have been worse’: Why travel restrictions didn’t prevent a coronavirus pandemic
The most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough. We analyzed the movements of ...
‘Sophie’s Choice’ in the time of coronavirus: Deciding who gets the ventilator
Three otherwise healthy patients go to the emergency department with severe acute respiratory failure. Only one ventilator, required to sustain ...
‘Nothingburger of a paper’ and why we still don’t know if anti-malarial drugs work against the coronavirus
Last week, I wrote about an experimental treatment for COVID-19 that repurposes old drugs. One version of the treatment uses ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech activist Vandana Shiva says GMO soy caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s why she’s wrong
In recent months, quacks and charlatans of all kinds have been rubbing their hands with glee, as a novel coronavirus ...
Podcast: Science writer Michael Specter on what you should know about the coronavirus, food security and GMOs
Science writer, New Yorker contributor and author of the book Denialism Michael Specter joins Felix Salmon on the Slate Money ...
Viewpoint: World Health Organization, China must be held accountable for ‘recklessly managing’ coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) [March 11] finally declared the coronavirus from China that rapidly spread across the world a pandemic ...
Coronavirus may survive longer than expected on uncleaned surfaces
The news: There were still traces of coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship 17 days after it emptied of passengers, according to a ...
Getting past the coronavirus: ‘A road map to reopening’ by the American Enterprise Institute
Executive Summary This report provides a road map for navigating through the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It ...
Podcast: Coronavirus and food safety; debunking the ‘Dirty Dozen’; COVID-19 cure worse than the disease?
As the world takes unprecedented measures to blunt the coronavirus pandemic, some commentators argue 'the cure is worse than the ...
COVID crisis captivates conspiracy theorists
In the face of a global catastrophe like COVID-19, it’s only natural that frightened, anxious people try to ascribe blame ...
There are 7 coronaviruses that infect humans. Here’s what makes SARS-CoV-2 so dangerous
SARS-CoV-2 is not the flu. It causes a disease with different symptoms, spreads and kills more readily, and belongs to a completely ...
Warm weather won’t solve COVID-19 pandemic by itself
Many infectious diseases wax and wane with the changing months. Some, like flu, spike when the weather turns cold, while others, ...
Video: Biohackers take coronavirus vaccine into their own hands
A collective of biohackers has begun circulating a document proposing a plan to create, test, and distribute a vaccine to ...
Can herd immunity—and coronavirus-immunity registries—help us restart the economy?
Coronavirus spreads rapidly. One person typically infects two or three other people, who then infect two or three others and ...
How do you ‘boost’ your body’s immune function in the fight against the coronavirus? Answer: You can’t
The short answer to the question – how do you boost your immune system – is that you can’t. The ...
Losing sense of taste and smell could be ‘early warning sign’ of coronavirus infection
Nearly two weeks ago, Alessandro Laurenzi, a biologist working as a consultant in Bologna, Italy, was mowing the grass in his ...
Hydroxychloroquine proves ineffective against coronavirus in small Chinese trial
Results from a controlled clinical trial from China on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 have shown ...
Video: How COVID-19 attacks a patient’s lungs
CT imaging from George Washington University Hospital shows the effects of Covid-19 on the lungs of a 59-year old man ...
Fruit fly protein could boost anti-aging treatment
Impressive results in animals that have had their lifespans boosted by up to 40 percent have started making their way into humans. … ...
Top 60 coronavirus treatments in the research pipeline
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), offered hope to the thousands ...
In pursuit of coronavirus treatments and why we need to be cautious
It's impossible to keep up with entries at ClinicalTrials.gov that include the search term “COVID-19.” Last week when I posted Can ...
How a few pioneering botanists prepared us to battle the coronavirus outbreak
When German pathologist Robert Koch discovered the bacterium behind tuberculosis in 1882, he included a short guide for linking microorganisms ...
Gilead’s experimental remdesivir shows promise against coronaviruses. Can it beat back COVID-19
Targeted drug development takes years, but when time is short in a pandemic, scientists and clinicians turn to pharmaceuticals that ...
COVID-19 virus spread prompts food insecurity fears in Africa
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is prompting food insecurity fears in Africa, with some countries already experiencing rising prices, ...
No reason to worry about being infected with the coronavirus twice, monkey study suggests
With increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths—and “social distancing” now a household word—the possibility of being infected is ...
Summer is coming. Will it slow the spread of the coronavirus?
A team of researchers unveiled the results of a new study last week that looked at how temperature and humidity ...
