The new COVID-19 vaccine is promising in monkeys. Next step: humans.

[ad_1] An experimental COVID-19 vaccine protected the monkeys from contracting the viral infection, according to an unrevised report. The new vaccine has now entered clinical trials in china to test the drug in humans. Although the animal study, published April 19 in the prepress database bioRxiv, not formally reviewed, scientists …

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Union HRD Minister congratulates IIT-D scientists for developing a probe-less Covid-19 detection assay | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Union Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal congratulated the IIT Delhi team of scientists involved in developing the Covid-19 probe-free real-time PCR diagnostic kit. Amit Khare, secretary, MHRD; Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT-Delhi, and a team of IIT scientists led by Professor Vivekananad Perumal and Professor Manoj Menon …

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COVID-19: a wakeup call? – European Pharmaceutical Review

[ad_1] It appears the world was unprepared for a novel coronavirus, despite historical precedents. Dave Elder provides some insight on the disease and what the pharmaceutical community is doing to tackle the pandemic. GLOBALISATION inevitably leads to more rapid spread of disease, which will in turn facilitate global pandemics.one Infectious …

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