Research begins to pick apart the mechanisms behind a deadly COVID-19 complication
An international consortium is racing to test three possible antiviral treatments for Covid-19 and 10 different vaccines. No one of these experiments is guaranteed to succeed, but the chances of finding one that will are high.
Is reinfection possible? Will it be seasonal? How prevalent is it really? These are some of the top questions on researchers’ minds.
The near-total lack of interest from markets means there’s precious little foundation for scientists to build on
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Three fields of research are vital to keeping this outbreak under control: epidemiology, virology and biomedical science. Research in these areas will be key, alongside collaboration and the open sharing of data and results.
Scientists have grown the coronavirus in the lab for the first time. This is good news, and will advance the search for a vaccine. Meanwhile, what should you do to stay safe?
Two algal species share important genes with all modern land
Maintaining perfect stability through negative feedback is a basic element of electrical circuitry, but it’s been a mystery how cells could do it — until now.
An increasing body of evidence has emerged that quantum processes play an important role in a number of biological mechanisms.
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