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A worker moves boxes at Snowman Logistics, India's largest cold storage company in Taloja.

Vaccine Storage Issues Could Leave 3B People Without Access

The world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe.

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How Medical Device Manufacturers Can Pivot to High-Demand Areas with Electronic Device History Records

Paper-based processes impede manufacturers’ ability to adapt product development and manufacturing.

From Dental Tools to Test Swabs

How a Wisconsin manufacturer adjusted production, sourcing and workflow to answer a critical shortage and become one of two U.S. producers of a key COVID-19 tool.

Printed sensors with a novel layer to help bond the metallic components.

Engineers Print Sensors on Skin Without Heat

The robotic arm houses a magnet that interacts with magnets on a small capsule inside the patient and is able to navigate the capsule to the correct spot inside the colon.

Robotic Breakthrough in the Semi-Autonomous Colonoscopy

A single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the Johnson & Johnson.

2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Paused Over Unexplained Illness

University Project Joins Global Bioscience Firm

This July 1, 2013, file photo, shows the exterior of the Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals office in St. Louis. Mallinckrodt is seeking protection in federal bankruptcy court, as the generic drugmaker deals with lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis. The company said Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, that it voluntarily started Chapter 11 proceedings to reduce debt and resolve several billion dollars of possible legal liabilities.

Mallinckrodt Seeks Chapter 11

The drugmaker announced in February a tentative $1.6 billion settlement to avert hundreds of lawsuits.

A worker feeds vials for production of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19

China Joins COVAX Coronavirus Vaccine Alliance

China has at least four coronavirus vaccine candidates in the last stage of clinical trials.

An undated image from video provided by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shows vials inspected at the company's facilities in New York state, Oct. 2, 2020.

Antibody Drugs Are No Cure but Seem Promising for COVID-19

Eli Lilly and Regeneron have asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization.

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Silk Fibers Improve Bioink for 3D-Printed Organs

Nanofibers enhanced the printing process without damaging cells or cell assemblies.

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CRISPR Nobel Prize Honors Two Great Scientists

And leaves out many others.

Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer Doudna address the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing in Washington, Dec. 1, 2015.

Scientists Win Nobel Chemistry Prize for Gene-Editing Tool

The method, likened to "molecular scissors," offers the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.

Researchers prepare cells to produce possible COVID-19 antibodies for testing in a laboratory in Indianapolis, May 2020.

Lilly Seeks Emergency Use of Antibody Drug for COVID-19

Early results from a study that suggested the drug reduced symptoms, the amount of the virus, hospitalizations and ER visits.

Lori Gonzalez, left, and Rachel Spray carry flowers to the temporary grave marker of Gonzalez's sister and Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center nurse, Sandra Oldfield, at the Sanger Cemetery in Sanger, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020.

US Medical Supply Chains Failed, and COVID Deaths Followed

Nurses are still being told to reuse single-use masks.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech about AI and gaming

Nvidia to Build UK's Most Powerful Supercomputer

Cambridge-1 will help researchers work on medical problems including COVID-19.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration building, Silver Spring, Md., Aug. 2, 2018.

White House Nixes FDA Vaccine Guidelines

The intervention is the latest example of the Trump administration undercutting its own medical experts.

Charles M. Rice, professor of virology at Rockefeller University, in his laboratory office in New York, Oct. 5, 2020.

3 Win Nobel Medical Prize for Discovering Hepatitis C Virus

Their work dating back to the 1970s and 1980s has helped saved millions of lives.

Dr. Colman Kraff uses a laser during eye surgery at Kraff's offices in Chicago, Nov. 1, 2005.

Slow, Basic Science May Pay Off

Vaccines developed in a matter of months were built on earlier advances made over decades.