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BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists Reverse Blindness [CRISPR Technology]

Geraldine — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:05:31 +0000

Health Technology

CRISPR Gene editing therapy is used for the first time in living humans with amazing results.

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How BioNTech Used Cancer Research to Create its Covid Vaccine

Geraldine — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:13:49 +0000

Health Technology

Over a month and a half before the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic, BioNTech CEO U?ur ?ahin met with his wife, BioNTech’s co-founder and chief medical officer Özlem Türeci, and together they agreed to redirect most of the company’s resources to developing a vaccine. Up until that point, BioNTech was little-known internationally and primarily focused on developing novel cancer treatments.

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Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry Details Molecular Discovery

Geraldine — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:09:56 +0000

Molecular Discovery

Two scientists, working independently of each other, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work into molecular construction and its impact on a range of uses from solar cells to battery storage. Benjamin List, from the Max-Planck-Institut in Germany, and David MacMillan, a professor at Princeton University, won the award for developing “an ingenious tool” for building molecules, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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How Covid is Transforming the $380 Billion Luxury Fashion Industry

Geraldine — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:18:27 +0000

Fashion Industry

Founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion, Imran Amed travels to Paris for the first time since global lockdowns to find designers Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga and Marine Serre exploring provocative strategies toward building a more socially and environmentally conscious fashion industry.

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Merck’s Covid Pill Is ‘Good News’ But Vaccines Still Key, White House Says

Geraldine — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 11:35:52 +0000

Health Technology News

Biden administration officials say a new pill that could provide an easier, effective way to treat COVID 19 is good news, while adding vaccination remains the key to controlling the pandemic.

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Why Social Media May Be in ‘Race to Bottom of Brain Stem’

Geraldine — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 11:08:01 +0000

Healthier Digital World

Former Google Ethicist and Center for Humane Technology President and co-CEO Tristan Harris speaks with Emily Chang about the fallout from the Facebook Senate hearing, how to create a healthier digital world for teens and kids, and charting a safe path forward for digital platforms.

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What are Monoclonal Antibodies and How can They Fight Covid-19?

Geraldine — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:21:31 +0000

Health Technology News

Doctors are increasingly turning to monoclonal-antibody drugs to treat high-risk patients who get sick with Covid-19. WSJ takes a look at how the therapies work and why they’re important for saving lives.

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How Close are we to a Malaria Vaccine?

Geraldine — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:55:14 +0000

Health Technology News

Malaria has been around for a thousand years and affects 200 million people globally. But right now, several promising vaccines are in development or trials. If approved, a vaccine could change the world forever.

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How Moderna And Pfizer-BioNTech Developed Vaccines In Record Time

Geraldine — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:41:08 +0000

Health Technology

The decision to pivot an entire business to focus on the coronavirus is an obvious one in hindsight, at least for Moderna, BioNTech and Pfizer, which succeeded beyond anyone’s expectations — and will reap billions of dollars in sales of their vaccines this year alone.

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Ginkgo Bioworks is Expanding Covid Testing Business

Geraldine — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:47:05 +0000

Health Technology News

Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly speaks with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang to discuss the synthetic biology firm’s expansion of covid testing and how their unique foundry model is developing future breakthroughs.

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