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Coronavirus vaccine: Zydus, Serum Institute among 43 global firms in race

While the whole world is battling a pandemic of unprecedented proportions, 43 pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide have launched their biggest ever research and development initiative to find the vaccine that...

30 March, 2020

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Singapore scientists study genes to fast-track coronavirus vaccine

Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more than 16,000 people worldwide. The scientists, at the city...

24 March, 2020

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HIV vaccine that generates broadly neutralizing antibodies passes first safety and proof-of-concept study in humans

Scientists are engineering vaccines that turn cells into antibody factories The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2020) heard this week how scientists had, for the first time, devised a...

16 March, 2020

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Thin film platform to preserve vaccines at room temperature developed

A new vaccine formulation has been created by researchers, which uses a peelable film during drying to preserve the medicine Researchers have developed a new thin film platform that can preserve vaccines at room...

6 March, 2020

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Hong Kong researchers identify coronavirus vaccine targets

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have discovered vaccine targets with the potential to facilitate the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus. Genetic sequences of the novel...

28 February, 2020

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The global fight against coronavirus

In just a couple of months the new coronavirus that emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan has spread around the world, sparking a race to find treatments and vaccines against it. The human race is locked in a battle...

28 February, 2020

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WHO says first coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 18 months

The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus within 18 months. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the vaccine for the virus, which the organization dubbed Covid-19, will take...

12 February, 2020

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Battling the Coronavirus: Alibaba and Baidu AI accelerate vaccine and drug R&D

As of February 7, China’s National Health and Health Commission had received a total of 31,261 confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov) outbreak and 26,359 suspected cases, which was a leap of 4,833...

10 February, 2020

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Scientists develop safer, less costly polio vaccine

As the world nears poliovirus eradication, the vaccines themselves have become the greatest threat. In response to a global demand for an effective, safer-to-handle and less costly polio vaccine, scientists at the...

4 February, 2020

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Study suggests a different design for staph vaccine to tackle antibiotic resistance

Staph bacteria are one of the many bacteria that seem to have become drug-resistant and is a matter of concern for medical professionals and healthcare since the bacteria is a cause behind many skin conditions. Various...

3 February, 2020

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