AI Vital For Rapid Identification of Drugs That Can Be Repurposed To Combat COVID-19, Says New Report
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers significant promise for biopharmaceutical companies to speed up the drug repurposing process for finding new therapies to treat COVID-19, according to a new report. More...21 Aug 2020
Leica Biosystems Partners with Bio-Techne for Automation of RNAscope COVID-19 Probes on BOND RX Staining Platform
Leica Biosystems (Wetzlar, Germany) and Bio-Techne Corporation (Minneapolis, MN, USA) have entered into a partnership for the automation of RNAscope COVID-19 probes on BOND RX, Leica's staining platform, for research use only. More...20 Aug 2020
New Research Collaboration to Develop Combination of Monoclonal Antibody and Natural Killer Cells as Treatment for COVID-19
A new research collaboration will focus on the development of a combination of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) and Natural Killer (NK) cells as a treatment for COVID-19. More...20 Aug 2020
J&J’s Janssen Partners with BioSymetrics for Predicting Onset and Severity of COVID-19 Using Machine Learning
Johnson & Johnson’s (New Brunswick, NJ, USA) Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Beerse, Belgium) has entered into a collaboration with BioSymetrics Inc. (New York, NY, USA) and Sema4 (Stamford, CT, USA) that will focus on predicting the onset and severity of COVID-19 among different populations using machine learning. More...20 Aug 2020
COVID-19 Medical Imaging Center Enables AI-Driven Research to Better Understand SARS-CoV-2 Effect on Human Body
A new center hosted at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL, USA) and co-led by the largest medical imaging professional organizations in the US will help tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by curating a massive database of medical images to help better understand and treat the disease. More...20 Aug 2020
Clinical Trial to Test Cystic Fibrosis Drug in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure
Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA, USA) researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have begun testing an existing drug, dornase alfa, in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure. More...20 Aug 2020
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