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NTU Singapore researchers speed up gold-standard COVID-19 diagnostic test

Clinician-scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) have demonstrated a way to improve the speed, handling time and cost of COVID-19...

28 July, 2020

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Scientists race to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine

With the global pandemic still in full swing, scientists are working to develop a vaccine in record time. While everyone wants an effective vaccine, they don’t all agree on how to get there and what...

23 July, 2020

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As COVID-19 spreads, researchers track an influenza virus nervousl

SARS-CoV-2 wasn’t the first coronavirus that spawned fears of a pandemic; there were worries about SARS and MERS before it arrived. But influenza viruses have also been a regular source of worries, as they can...

7 July, 2020

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Trying to reach “herd immunity” without a COVID-19 vaccine is a disastrous pandemic response strategy

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, use of the term “herd immunity” has spread almost as fast as the virus. But its use is fraught with misconceptions. In the U.K., officials briefly considered a herd immunity...

7 July, 2020

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Study finds correlation between vaccination rates, disease immunity

Researchers at ASU’s College of Health Solutions find increase in vaccination exemptions, decrease in herd immunity among Arizona schoolchildren Evidence suggests the use of vaccines goes as far back as the year...

29 June, 2020

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Tuberculosis vaccine strengthens immune system

A tuberculosis vaccine developed 100 years ago also makes vaccinated persons less susceptible to other infections. While this effect has been recognized for a long time, it is not known what causes it. Together with...

17 June, 2020

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Sinovac says early data show its Covid-19 vaccine generated immune responses

Sinovac Biotech announced preliminary study results. showing its experimental Covid-19 vaccine generated immune responses in patients and was safe — early data that suggest it might protect people against infections...

15 June, 2020

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4 infectious diseases that should not be forgotten during COVID-19

While the world is waiting for lockdowns to end and for life to return to something like normal, the global health community is working to rein in the novel coronavirus. It is, of course, vital work. But does the...

29 May, 2020

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‘Silent’ virus may be more prevalent than we thought

A study, charting the enforced isolation of cruise ship passengers during the current pandemic, has found that the prevalence of ‘silent’ symptomless COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought. The study...

29 May, 2020

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Duke-NUS scientists explore using ‘own’ immune cells to target infectious diseases including COVID-19

Immunotherapy utilising own immune cells might also be useful in treating other difficult diseases, such as HIV, HBV, beside cancers The engineering of specific virus-targeting receptors onto a patient’s own immune...

24 April, 2020

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