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Cubas push for coronavirus vaccine sovereignty The Conversation 07 May 2021, 22:42 GMT+10 This is a transcript of episode 14 of The Conversation Weekly podcast Cubas race for a coronavirus vaccine + making lifes big decisions. In this episode, how Cuba is pushing ahead with developing its own coronavirus vaccines - and could be nearing "vaccine sovereignty". And we hear from a researcher about what he learned from asking hundreds of people about the biggest decisions of their lives. NOTE: Trans...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Illustration of a tree representing the legume family tree with branches representing the six subfamilies. On each branch are flowers or pods of species belonging to the subfamilies. The lines... view more  Credit: Yiyong Zhao, Chien-Hsun Huang, and Hong Ma The most comprehensive study of the family tree for legumes, the plant family that includes beans, soybeans, peanuts, and many other economically important crop plants, reveals a history of whole-genome duplications....

Chicago is in the midst of a biotech influx, with expansive lab space planned for development. The recent growth can be largely attributed to a year focused on science and medical advancement due to the pandemic. Innovative life science leaders like Jeff Aronin continue to expand and launch companies, investing in the city even during a challenging year.

Researchers re-mould probiotic strain to help it thrive Researchers have successfully added features to the probiotic strain Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG without gene editing, to make it thrive and grow in milk. Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG, or LGG, is the most studied probiotic bacterium in the world. However, its features are not perfect, as it is unable to utilise the milk carbohydrate lactose or break down the milk protein casein. This is why the bacterium ...

Posted: May 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 4 A healthcare worker prepares a dose of Chinas Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru vaccination station, as a mass vaccination program continues in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2021. Its an inactivated vaccine being used in countries around the world, but not in Canada.(Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)

Island hit by biggest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union has two vaccines in phase three clinical trials

Date Time Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease Reported in New Issue of Brain Connectivity -New advances in understanding Alzheimer’s disease based on functional connectivity and neural networks are published in a Special Issue on Alzheimer’s Disease in Brain Connectivity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. Click here to read the article now. Beau Ances, Washington University in St. Louis, and coauthors, evaluated global resting-state functional connectivity sign...

Cuba could close with COVID vaccine sovereignty Coronavirus pandemic News With two vaccines producing COVID-19 vaccines in three three-phase clinical trials, Cuba may be the first Latin American country to develop its own shot against coronavirus. The 11-million-strong island, which has suffered a severe U.S. trade embargo for decades, is developing five experimental shootings, including Soberana 02 and Abdala, which reached the final stages of testing last month. The names of the vaccines show...

Racing towards becoming the first country in Latin America to develop its own shot against COVID-19, Cuba is now on its stage-three clinical trial with its two domestically produced coronavirus vaccines. Despite being under a strict United States trade embargo for decades, the island of 11 million individuals is developing five experimental shots, including Soberana 02 and Abdala, that reached the final stage trials last month. According to Aljazeera, the names of the vaccines reveal much about...

  Bathinda: With the objective to increase global awareness about importance of immunology in the fight against infection, Central University of Punjab’s Dept. of Microbiology under the patronage of honorable Vice-Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari and in collaboration with Indian Immunology Society commemorated International Day of Immunology by conducting an Online Event “Know COVID-19 to Combat COVID-19”. The Chief Guest of this programme was Prof V S Chauhan, Former Director, Int...