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Moderna believes it could update its coronavirus vaccine without a big new trial

“With these mutants coming out, you just wonder where it’s going to go now. It keeps me up at night,”

The US may face a rapidly closing window to bring a suspected extra-contagious variant of covid-19 under control. If the

The study, published January 6 in Science, contrasts with earlier findings that suggested covid-19 immunity could be short-lived, putting millions

All viruses undergo random mutations to their genetic material. Any change that offers an advantage—like making the virus infect more

The situation could prove to be a false alarm. Sometimes virus variants appear to seem to spread more easily but

That’s why some cultured-meat startups have turned their attention, for now, away from trying to reproduce an entire hunk of

The first covid-19 vaccine developed as part of Operation Warp Speed is likely to be authorized for emergency use this

Aquabounty’s long (and expensive) trip to the marketplace has been discouraging. Who wants their product to be denounced as a

But with pigs, the era of genetic modification is now, and its benefits might be visible soon. Genus hopes to

A covid-19 chart that’s been shared thousands of times is dramatizing just how well vaccines against the disease can work