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  • Young person’s hands holding black smartphone while cleaning it with blue cloth – Young female washing mobile phone screen with soft fabric from dust

    Research finds coronavirus can survive on phone screens for 28 days

    The virus that causes COVID-19 can stay active on non-porous surfaces like smartphones for much longer than the flu virus, according to researchers from Australia’s national science agency.

    Steve Dent
    10.12.2020
  • SwissCovid contact tracing app

    Switzerland pilots a contact tracing app using Apple and Google's tech

    Switzerland is piloting a COVID-19 contact tracing app that uses the Apple-Google framework.

    Christine Fisher
    05.26.2020
  • scientist in lab collect dna sample in test tube with cotton swab

    FDA approves a rapid COVID-19 test that uses CRISPR

    Sherlock Biosciences has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for a rapid COVID-19 test that uses CRISPR technology. Sherlock’s CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 test uses a CRISPR molecule to detect the genetic signature of the virus. The kit, which uses a nasal swab or bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimen, is designed for use in laboratories authorized to perform high complexity tests.

    Christine Fisher
    05.07.2020
  • In Laboratory Over the Shoulder View of Scientist in Protective Clothes Doing Research on a Personal Computer. Modern Manufactory Producing Semiconductors and Pharmaceutical Items.

    IBM shares AI tools to better understand and treat COVID-19

    It has released a series of new tools to aggregate data, help researchers explore potential therapies, advance the study of newly sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes and make the latest info available to healthcare professionals. Its AI deep search tool is ingesting data from the White House, a coalition of research groups and licensed databases from the DrugBank, Clinicaltrials.gov and GenBank. The cloud-based research tool is a repository of genes, proteins and other molecules from sequenced viral and bacterial organisms, and it’s meant to help researchers identify molecular targets necessary for drug design, test development and treatment.

    Christine Fisher
    04.06.2020