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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 Dent10.12.2020
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 Fisher05.26.2020
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 Fisher05.07.2020
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 Fisher04.06.2020