Category: Biotechnology

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

COVID-19: It’s Remdesivir, Stupid! Coronavirus’ New “Standard of Care,” Lessons From HIV’s AZT, and Oxford University’s Risky Bet on a SARS-COV-2 Vaccine this Fall.

Yesterday, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that preliminary data from a highly powered (1090+ individuals) randomized placebo control trial (Adaptive Covirus Disease Treatment Trial, ACCT-1) of Gilead’s...

MIT AI

New Drug Discovery Aided by AI

Scientists at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have used machine-learning algorithm (artificial intelligence, AI) to identify and successfully test a powerful new antibiotic, halicin which showed strong antibacterial activity against E. coli, a very...