Antonio Regalado
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech @techreview
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Exclusive: U.S. to make coronavirus strain for possible human challenge trials
U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to manufacture a strain of the novel coronavirus that could be used in human challenge trials of vaccines, a controversial type of study in which healthy volunteers would be vaccinated and then...
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Antonio Regalado
"the true end will come from the spread of natural infections and the vaccine giving us herd immunity"
-- Bill Gates
Best vaccine? -- "protein subunit"
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hiring Editor in Boston, Massachusetts, United States | LinkedIn
Posted 6 days ago. Job Summary:
The editor of Harvard Public Health magazine oversees a nationally award-winning…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
Antonio Regalado
Harvard hiring for two big medical PR roles
Chief communications officer for all of Harvard Medical School. linkedin.com/jobs/view/1952…
less lofty, but relevant in covid times: Editor for T.H. Chan School of Pub Health thrice yearly magazine. linkedin.com/comm/jobs/view…
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CRISPRcon 2020 – Virtual – September-October 2020
The mission of CRISPRcon is to bring together diverse voices to discuss the future of CRISPR across all applications.
VFC | Current CDC Vaccine Price List | CDC
CDC vaccine contract prices are those for CDC vaccine contracts that are established for the purchase of vaccines by immunization programs that receive CDC immunization grant funds.
Antonio Regalado
Here is the CDC data on what they pay per dose for flu vaccine. cdc.gov/vaccines/progr… pic.twitter.com/0ZlLkf2J0q
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Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US
The large number of people already infected with the coronavirus in the US has begun to act as a brake on the spread of the disease in hard-hit states. Millions of US residents have been infected by the virus that causes covid-19, and at least...
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Antonio Regalado
It's funny how long it took before I heard modelers highlight the obvious: rising population immunity is affecting the pandemic in the US.
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Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US
The large number of people already infected with the coronavirus in the US has begun to act as a brake on the spread of the disease in hard-hit states. Millions of US residents have been infected by the virus that causes covid-19, and at least...
Antonio Regalado
It's funny how long it took before I heard modelers highlight the obvious: rising population immunity is affecting the pandemic in the US.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink Brain Chip Will Soon Allow Users to Take Charge of Moods and Emotions
It can soon help you balance your hormone levels, here's how.
Russia’s fast-track coronavirus vaccine draws outrage over safety
The immunization could be dangerous because it hasn’t been tested in large trials, say researchers.
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Antonio Regalado
A highly critical take on Russia's "Sputnik-V" coronavirus vaccine, which was "registered" or "approved" before phase III trial completed.
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COVID-19 May Never Go Away — With Or Without A Vaccine
The virus might eventually behave more like the common cold, according to Vineet Menachery, a coronavirus researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
COVID-19 Projections | United States
We take a data-driven approach rooted in epidemiology to forecast infections,
deaths, and recovery timelines of the COVID-19 / coronavirus epidemic in the US and around the world.
Here’s How to Crush the Virus Until Vaccines Arrive
To save lives, and save the economy, we need another lockdown.
Fast, cheap tests could enable safer reopening
> Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation
Even as the United States ramped up coronavirus testing from about 100,000 per week in mid-March to more than 5 million per week in late July, the...
Antiabortion ethicists and scientists dominate Trump’s fetal tissue review board
Proposals for research using cells and organs donated after elective abortions appear to face long odds
Antonio Regalado
Panel to decide what federal grants can go to research involving human fetal tissue is full of people who oppose abortion and also the use of fetal tissue.
So probably not going to fund much of it.
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A Crowded School Hallway Photo Went Viral. Some Teachers And Parents Say The Real Situation Is Even Worse.
An alarming photo of a hallway crowded by mostly maskless students in a Georgia high school raises issues with reopening schools all around the country.
My GPT-3 Blog Got 26 Thousand Visitors in 2 Weeks
The future of online media
How Do We Know If a Virus Is Bioengineered?
Detecting bioengineering is a fraught task for any organism
Antonio Regalado
Detailed story with background about how some DARPA funded teams checked SARS-CoV-2 for signs of "bioengineering."
They didn't find any but the search algorithm was incomplete according to author @ScolesSarah
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Biohackers Are on a Secret Hunt for the Coronavirus Vaccine
Antonio Regalado
Some of these groups are shrouded in secrecy. Here is a "blurred" image interview with one of them.
Face is concealed, but based on voice and body language, should be easy to ID. I feel that the name is on the tip of my tounge.
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