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Small swabs are essential to tracking how effective the Moderna vaccine is. Each will carry nasal samples to a lab at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Los Angeles (June 8, 2021) -- IBDs, including Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic conditions that occur when the intestinal immune system becomes overreactive, causing chronic diarrhea and other digestive symptoms. In a published survey at the beginning of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, 70% of IBD patients reported concern about side effects from the vaccines. "What weve learned is that if you have IBD, the side effects youre likely to experience after a vaccine are no different ...

Dinah Singer, Ph.D. NCI Deputy Director for Scientific Strategy and Development As the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) deputy director for scientific strategy and development, Dinah Singer, Ph.D., works closely with the NCI director and other deputy directors to carry out the institute’s mission. Prior to taking on this role in 2019, she served as director of NCI’s Division of Cancer Biology (DCB), a position she held for 20 years.  As deputy director, Dr. Singer leads a number of key...

COVID-19 One Year Later: The Biology and the Business As the world hits the one-year anniversary of COVID-19, GEN looks at the work being done to combat the pandemic January 8, 2021 As this image shows, the SARS-CoV-2 virion is studded with proteins, one of which is the so-called spike protein. The spike, which consists of two subunits, S1 and S2, took center stage early in the COVID-19 pandemic and has become a key component in the development of vaccines and therapeutics. [Design Cells/Getty ...