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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

He started to imagine how the deadly and contagious disease, if confirmed, might spread to half the city’s population. Eight of the 20 patients died, but the spread of the disease in Nigeria stopped there. Blood and urine samples from the man were waiting for Happi in his lab. Happi felt chilled. They called the idea Sentinel.

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Is That DNA Dangerous?

Codon

A concerned employee at a laboratory supply company had called the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, after fielding repeated calls from Harris asking when his samples of plague would arrive in the mail. It wasn’t illegal, however, for Harris to order the vials of deadly bacteria that Ohio police officers later found in his car.

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Synthetic biology tools advancing and accelerating drug discovery efforts

Drug Discovery World

It has made its way into almost every aspect of drug discovery, whether it’s exploring basic biology, modelling diseases, identifying and validating targets, or performing drug screens. . One of the challenges we face with SARS-CoV-2 is that the virus continually evolves, making RNA vaccines and antibody therapies less effective.

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