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Covid-19 testing priority is urgent to defeat coronavirus pandemic

INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES

nº 85

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SPECIAL REPORTS

Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from asymptomatic persons. New approach is needed. When the COVID-19 epidemic reached global dimensions, many countries took the traditional measures that had been effective for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, but in this… Read more.

A new step to verify when human biological life begins Current scientific evidence allows affirming that “an intact human embryo is created by the fertilization of an egg by a sperm cell which these sac-like structures are not.”  Now… Read more.

NEWS

American ethicists: We Must Test, and Do It Differently, to Re-open the Nation Last Thursday, the Hastings Center hosted “Re-Opening the Nation: What Values Should Guide Us?” an online discussion on the ethical implications of lightening COVID 19 restrictions. In this respect, a new … Read more.

COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, toll continues to increase. The U.S. and its territories surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases on Tuesday, representing nearly one-third of the total cases worldwide. British Prime Minister…Read more.

IN BRIEF

3D organ models - organoids - research to study spinal development Research with organoids, 3D organ models only a few millimeters in size has progressed rapidly in recent years, now an study of spinal cord based in this technique… Read more.

Problems of children's mental health treatments in England There may be a lack of distributive justice in the financial resources allocated to the care and treatment of mental health for children. In this respect, the government’s pledges to improve services are not being delivered… Read more.

Companies are offering people unvetted home coronavirus tests The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has prompted many companies to enter the pharmaceutical market to offer tests for detecting coronavirus infection. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)… Read more.

Monkey embryos cultured for up to 20 days Scientist Juan Carlos Izpisúa and his research team in China have managed for the first time to culture monkey embryos in the laboratory. Their aim is to be able to study stages of embryonic development that… Read more.