Immunology
COVID-19
Vaccine tests advance
One of the best-known COVID-19 vaccine candidates achieved good results in the first phase of clinical trials
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COVER
Saving time
Brazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology
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The reality of data
Mapping and systematizing COVID-19 data is crucial to controlling the disease in Brazil
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Data
At least 125 COVID-19 vaccines are in development, with 10 already undergoing clinical trials
Vaccines in the clinical trials phase worldwide and in development in Brazil (as of May 27, 2020)
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Science fights back
In just four months, 8,000 scientific articles have been published on Covid-19, more than 70 drugs tested against SARS-CoV-2, and the first vaccines trialed on humans
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Pharmacology
Monkeys are the best animal model
Monkeys appear to be the best animals for testing SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and drugs
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Data
Scientific research on coronavirus
The coronaviridae virus family encompasses approximately 40 known species
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Techniques in the search for a vaccine against Covid-19
Teams from several countries head projects seeking to produce imunizing agents in a short time
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Medicine
HIV therapy has prevented 9.5 million deaths
Antiretroviral therapy prevented 9.5 million deaths worldwide between 1995 and 2015, with a global economic benefit of US$1.05 trillion
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Public health
The fight against measles
The goal of eliminating the transmission of measles worldwide by 2020 is far from being achieved
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