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Covid-19 vaccines: Unknowns and dilemmas
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the first large scale trials of Covid-19 vaccines may report results to regulators in the next few weeks. These first results will reveal how ...
Covid-19 plasma therapy trial results ‘disappointing’
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For months now, many people hospitalised with Covid-19 have been given convalescent plasma – donated blood serum from people who’ve already had th...
Coronavirus update
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As South Africa goes into lockdown what measures are they taking? Plus big data in Taiwan and a round-up of drug trials, antibody testing and low cost...
Autism: the problems of fitting in
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many people with autistic spectrum disorder learn techniques to overcome their difficulties interacting with others. The first study that has looked ...
Lighting the brain after birth
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Claudia Hammond visits the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.Every year a minority of births goes wrong and the baby is deprived of oxygen, whic...