International Statistic of the Year: Race for a COVID-19 vaccine
The coronavirus vaccine was developed faster than any vaccine in history. It took just 332 days from the first sequencing of the virus genome to the first vaccines given to the public.
Liberty Vittert, Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis •
conversation
Dec. 18, 2020 • ~5 min
Dec. 18, 2020 • ~5 min
The top scientific breakthrough for 2020 was understanding SARS-CoV-2 and how it causes COVID-19 – and then developing multiple vaccines
The development of multiple vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 has been hailed as the breakthrough of 2020. But there were many more supporting discoveries that made this possible.
David Pride, Associate Director of Microbiology, University of California San Diego
• conversation
Dec. 17, 2020 • ~11 min
Dec. 17, 2020 • ~11 min
Editing the DNA of human embryos could protect us from future pandemics
We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.
Yusef Paolo Rabiah, PhD Candidate at UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL •
conversation
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Editing the DNA of human embryos could be used to protect us from future pandemics
We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.
Yusef Paolo Rabiah, PhD Candidate at UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL •
conversation
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~7 min
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