All covid-19 articles – Page 12
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News
Pandemic pushes world’s largest cancer charity to cut research funding by £44 million
Cancer Research UK slashes grant money and national centres funds
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Edgar Cahoon
Labs are still open at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, US, but it’s not business as usual
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Dick Zare
As part of a new series looking at how chemists are affected by Covid-19, Dick Zare relates how manuscripts and Zoom calls have kept him busy in self-isolation.
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Podcast
Remdesivir
Will new clinical trials for Covid-19 give remdesivir a second chance? Ben Valsler introduces the broad-spectrum antiviral that didn’t quite make it as the Ebola drug it was originally planned to be
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Business
Mystery surrounds UK claim of Covid-19 test reagent ‘shortage’
Suppliers are stepping up production to meet demand as UK targets mass testing
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Research
Structural studies offer glimpse of how coronavirus initiates human cell invasion
Researchers studying virus receptor-binding domains suggest virus could have passed directly from bats to humans
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Opinion
Vaccine development against the clock
How long will it take to develop a coronavirus vaccine and why is it so hard?
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Business
Can existing drugs slow Covid-19?
The fastest route to treatments may be to repurpose existing drugs – if they work
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Podcast
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
The Covid-19 pandemic – and some very high profile backing – has led to malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine hitting the headlines worldwide.
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Research
Potent coronavirus drug candidate designed using 3D structure of key viral enzyme
Inhibitor of Sars-CoV-2 protease shows promise in early animal tests
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News
UK researchers receive £20m to start coronavirus treatment research
Two vaccine trials among six projects that win funding
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News
Organisations mobilise to fight Covid-19
‘War effort’ seeks to provide hand sanitiser, protective equipment, ventilators and tests
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News
Universities prepare for new normal as pandemic forces UK to shut down for three weeks
Labs and lectures wound up as students and staff are left anxious about their futures
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News
New Covid-19 test delivers diagnoses up to three time faster
Researchers at the University of Oxford claim their new coronavirus diagnostic technology is fast and highly accurate
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News
Italian researchers fear long-lasting harm to science from coronavirus lockdown
With the entire population isolated and universities closed research has been severely curtailed
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News
Hundreds of universities closing across the US in response to coronavirus threat
Universities are moving to online classes, while research projects grind to a halt at some institutes
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Business
FDA freezes foreign facility inspections amid coronavirus pandemic
US regulator will rely on border checks and shared data, but some approval processes may be delayed
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News
Coronavirus fears see ACS Philadelphia cancelled with other big science conferences hit
International scientific gatherings are being postponed or cancelled in attempt to stop Covid-19’s spread
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Business
Coronavirus pandemic will disrupt international supply chains
Halted production and transport restrictions are straining industries that rely heavily on China for supplies