Researchers have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to come up with a test that detects the pandemic coronavirus in just 5...
The pandemic has put life on hold for humans but its effects on the wildlife is unprecedented and here we are investigating how the pandemic has affected...
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10 months into the pandemic, there’s no reprieve from the disease and everyone is looking for an end date. Amidst this, the BBC underlines how pandemics end with animated visual stories from the past, from the survivors of previous pandemics. Let’s take a look at how pandemics end.
We are in the grip of a pandemic like none other in living memory. While people are pinning their hopes on a vaccine to wipe it out, the fact is most of the infections faced by our ancestors are still with us.
This is...
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According to a Business Insider report, even if a COVID-19 vaccine can be developed, approved, and mass-produced quickly, getting it to countries and communities around the world quickly enough to make a difference will present an unprecedented challenge for the global logistics industry, said the leading cargo carriers.
The air-cargo industry is planning to ship up to 20 billion doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a new report from Doug Cameron at the Wall Street Journal. But without...
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With the Nobel Prize in Chemistry going to Gene Editing tool CRISPR, the clock back again on research that could be a potential tool of research for this pandemic
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to the two scientists who transformed an obscure bacterial immune mechanism, commonly called CRISPR, into a tool that can simply and cheaply edit the genomes of everything from wheat to mosquitoes to humans, reports the Science Magazine.
The Next Rosalind FranklinsThe award went jointly to...
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According to a BBC report, the World Health Organization has said at a special meeting of WHO leaders that 1 in 10 people around the world may have contracted Covid-19.
A top official said the estimate meant “the vast majority of the world remains at risk”.
800 Million at RiskJust over 35m people have been confirmed as being infected with coronavirus – the WHO’s estimate puts the true figure at closer to 800m.
Experts have long said the real number of cases would exceed those confirmed.
The WHO is...
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According to a BBC report, a team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test.
The BBC’s Soutik Biswas and Krutika Pathi spoke with the scientists who developed this to unpack how it works.
The test, named after a famous Indian fictional detective, is based on a gene-editing technology called Crispr. Scientists estimate that the kit – called...
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