Preclinical vaccines not yet in human trials 140 Phase 1 vaccines in small-scale safety trials 19 Phase 2 vaccines in expanded safety trials eleven Phase 3 vaccines in large-scale efficacy trials 3 Approved vaccines approved for general use 0 0 Source: WHO. Last update July 17 Researchers from around the …
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FILE PHOTO: Blood samples from patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are prepared for analysis in the Blood Processing Laboratory at the Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain , May 21, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth / Pool via REUTERS / File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain …
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Tablets suspected of being fentanyl being examined in the Northeast Regional Laboratory of the Drug Control Administration in New York last October.Photo: Don emmert (fake pictures) The covid-19 pandemic is not the only public health crisis the United States is currently dealing with, as illustrated by new government data released …
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Researchers have found evidence of a star coming out of its orbit with another star in a “partial supernova”, which is now hurtling through the Milky Way. The star, which has about 40 percent of the mass of our sun, travels at 559,234 mph. Scientists from the University of Warwick …
Read More »Caltech scientists discover elusive metal-eating bacteria
This bacterium is a true metalhead. Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria that survives by gobbling up metal, according to a new study. Researchers have long believed that a metal-chewing bacteria existed, but couldn’t prove it until Jared Leadbetter, a Caltech microbiologist in Pasadena, launched an experiment. He …
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