Candidate coronavirus vaccines show promising results in early animal testing
A candidate vaccine that could provide protection against the COVID-19 virus and other coronaviruses has shown promising results in early animal testing.
The candidate coronavirus vaccines, created by Virginia Tech s University Distinguished Professor X.J. Meng and UVA Health s Professor Steven L. Zeichner, prevented pigs from being becoming ill with a pig coronavirus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).
The researchers have recently published their findings in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The candidate vaccine was developed using an innovative vaccine platform targeting a highly conserved genomic region of coronaviruses. The new vaccine platform utilizes a genome-reduced bacteria to express the coronavirus vaccine antigen on its surface. Such a vaccine platform can be manufactured with low cost in existing facilities around the world, which could meet the pandemic demand.
E-Mail
IMAGE: X.J. Meng, University Distinguished Professor in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and founding director of the new center tackling infectious disease in the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia. view more
Credit: Virginia Tech
A candidate vaccine that could provide protection against the COVID-19 virus and other coronaviruses has shown promising results in early animal testing.
The candidate coronavirus vaccines, created by Virginia Tech s University Distinguished Professor X.J. Meng and UVA Health s Professor Steven L. Zeichner, prevented pigs from being becoming ill with a pig coronavirus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).
The researchers have recently published their findings in the
The forgotten shipping pallet is staging a pandemic-era rally
BLOOMBERG
An employee uses a forklift truck to move a stack of heat treated wooden pallets.
After carrying the weight of the global economy since World War II with little fanfare, the lowly shipping pallet is finally commanding some respect.
Demand for the platforms used to haul nearly every consumer good or industrial ingredient is soaring amid a surge in e-commerce, forcing retailers and manufacturers to expand warehouses or pile inventories higher. At the same time, two keys to production cheap lumber and labor are scarce, and even nail costs are rising.
The Forgotten Shipping Pallet Stages a Pandemic-Era Rally
Bloomberg 5 hrs ago
(Bloomberg)
After carrying the weight of the global economy since World War II with little fanfare, the lowly shipping pallet is finally commanding some respect.
Demand for the platforms used to haul nearly every consumer good or industrial ingredient is soaring amid a surge in e-commerce, forcing retailers and manufacturers to expand warehouses or pile inventories higher. At the same time, two keys to production cheap lumber and labor are scarce, and even nail costs are rising.
The result: Pallet prices have hit record highs, according to a U.S. Labor Department index, and European gauges show big jumps from the U.K. to Germany. The market may stay hot through the peak construction season in the springtime and as Covid-19 vaccines help revive restaurants and event venues adding to inflationary pressures rippling across supply chains.