カテゴリー: Biology
Japanese researchers use bird antibodies to detect virus under ultraviolet lightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapanese researchers have developed masks that use ostrich antibodies to detect Covid-19 by glowing under ultrav…
Parents alarmed as children held overnight before some sent to centralised quarantine for two weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChildren as young as seven were held for hours in a Beijing school before being sent to centr…
India, Egypt and Cuba among first states to develop and make their own vaccines as Covax falls behind Developing countries are increasingly turning to homegrown Covid vaccinations as the UN-backed Covax programme falls behind.While western countries ro…
Five countries are assessing the BGI Group test amid regulatory concerns about genetic data being sent abroadHealth regulators in five countries are examining a prenatal test that collects the DNA of women and foetuses for research after it emerged the…
Whatever this week’s Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitatsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf Joe Biden’s security staff are up to the mark, a new report on the origins of th…
WHO proposal to audit Chinese laboratories is ‘arrogance towards science’, says health officialCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s government has refused to cooperate with the second stage of an international investigati…
We should be suspicious of the role of the Chinese Communist party in the harvesting of genetic data from unborn babies, argues William MatthewsIn her column (What does the Chinese military want with your unborn baby’s genetic data?, 10 July), Arwa Mah…
Nobel laureate David Baltimore says he overstated case, and the origins of the virus are still unknownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Nobel prize-winning US biologist, who has been widely quoted describing a “smoking gun” …
Rates of mucormycosis were high even before the pandemic, and now the country is running out of antifungal drugsCovid-19 has killed millions around the world, but for some who are lucky enough to survive the infection, the nightmare is not over: adding…
‘Very dangerous’ coronavirus variant is ‘more transmissible’ than previously known typesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAuthorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Covid varian…
Nasal swabs allegedly washed, repackaged and sold to passengers required to take test at Medan airportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at an Indonesian pharmaceutical company have been accused of washing and repackaging…
Our South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the countryYou recently lost a close colleague, Kakoli Bhattacharya, to Covid-19. Can you tell us about her and the important work that she did…
Analysis: Experts believe a number of things coalesced to cause the world’s worst coronavirus outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia is now identifying more than 1 million coronavirus cases every three days, with many…
‘We just need to be cautious,’ warns British prime minister; 1,200 homeless and vulnerable people to be given jabs in RomePakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Philippines on England travel ‘red list’Further rare blood clot cases found in Oxford/AstraZeneca …
Serum Institute of India, world’s biggest vaccine producer, asked by Delhi to keep more doses in countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn office worker in India’s Maharashtra state develops flu-like symptoms – and upsets th…