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New insights into lung tissue in COVID-19 disease

Date: August 21, 2020 Source 1: University of Göttingen Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Researchers have developed a new three-dimensional imaging technique to visualize tissue damage in severe COVID-19. Physicists at the University of Göttingen, together with pathologists and lung specialists at the Medical University of Hannover, have developed a three-dimensional imaging technique that enables high […]

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Controlled human infection models and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development

Date: July 2, 2020 Source 1: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Infecting volunteers with COVID-19 may provide valuable insights for future rounds of vaccine testing, but would require very strict controls and is unlikely to advance the current slate of vaccines in advanced development, argues a group of infectious disease

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Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 offer insights into virus evolution

Date: May 5, 2020 Source 1: University College London Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: By analyzing virus genomes from over 7,500 people infected with COVID-19, researchers have characterized patterns of diversity of SARS-CoV-2 virus genome, offering clues to direct drugs and vaccine targets. The study identified close to 200 recurrent genetic mutations in the virus, highlighting

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