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Moderna believes it could update its coronavirus vaccine without a big new trial

MIT Technology
January 14, 2021

“With these mutants coming out, you just wonder where it’s going to go now. It keeps me up at night,” Peter Marks, the US Food and Drug Administration official who…

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We may have only weeks to act before a variant coronavirus dominates the US

MIT Technology
January 13, 2021

The US may face a rapidly closing window to bring a suspected extra-contagious variant of covid-19 under control. If the variant strain, first spotted in the United Kingdom[1], is as…

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Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years

MIT Technology
January 6, 2021

The study[1], published January 6 in Science, contrasts with earlier findings that suggested covid-19 immunity could be short-lived[2], putting millions who’ve already recovered at risk of reinfection[3]. That predicament wouldn’t…

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Don’t panic about the latest coronavirus mutations, say drug companies

MIT Technology
December 23, 2020

All viruses undergo random mutations to their genetic material. Any change that offers an advantage—like making the virus infect more hosts or resist certain drugs—will tend to be favored so…

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“None of us were ready” to manufacture genetic vaccines for a billion people

MIT Technology
December 17, 2020

The first covid-19 vaccine developed as part of Operation Warp Speed is likely to be authorized for emergency use this week in the US following an all-day meeting of federal…

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What’s on the GMO menu: fast-growing salmon and slow-swimming tuna

MIT Technology
December 11, 2020

Aquabounty’s long (and expensive) trip to the marketplace has been discouraging. Who wants their product to be denounced as a frankenfish by environmental campaigners or be prominently labeled as “bioengineered”?…

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Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic

MIT Technology
December 11, 2020

But with pigs, the era of genetic modification is now, and its benefits might be visible soon. Genus hopes to win approval to sell its pigs in the US and…

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The chart that shows how we’ll get back to normal

MIT Technology
December 11, 2020

A covid-19 chart that’s been shared thousands of times is dramatizing just how well vaccines against the disease can work and how we might get out of pandemic hell. Today,…

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A UK woman aged 90 was the first in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine today

MIT Technology
December 8, 2020

The news: The UK started vaccinating its population against covid-19 today, becoming the first country to start distributing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, less than a week after its approval. It is…

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The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be tested in a new trial after questions over its data

MIT Technology
November 27, 2020

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be tested in a new trial after questions over its data | MIT Technology Review You need to enable JavaScript to view this site. Skip to…

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Moderna believes it could update its coronavirus vaccine without a big new trial

We may have only weeks to act before a variant coronavirus dominates the US

Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years

Don’t panic about the latest coronavirus mutations, say drug companies

“None of us were ready” to manufacture genetic vaccines for a billion people

What’s on the GMO menu: fast-growing salmon and slow-swimming tuna

Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic

The chart that shows how we’ll get back to normal

A UK woman aged 90 was the first in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine today

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be tested in a new trial after questions over its data

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