RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force said Virginia should restrict bars, push for more outdoor dining and limit the size of social gatherings. Dr. Deborah Birx made the recommendations during her stop in Richmond, capping a five-day trip to other Southern states seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases.

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NEW YORK - When the US Food Administration granted the first Emergency Use Authorization for a saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 PCR test to the Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory at RUCDR Infinite Biologics in April, many expected that other assays using saliva samples would quickly follow and scale to large numbers.

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These days, headlines heralding some hopeful - or horrifying - new finding about the coronavirus are multiplying nearly as fast as the bug itself.

New York Magazine

Stand Up To Cancer announced today five new awards that will cut across institutional and national lines to foster collaborative research and explore new paths to improve cancer treatment. The projects will receive a combined total of $1.1 million in funding to address some of the most pressing questions associated with colorectal, Ewing sarcoma, pancreatic, lung and pediatric cancers.

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ATLANTA, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Spelman College is among more than 100 non-profit institutions selected to receive a generous gift from novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the College announced Tuesday. "MacKenzie Scott's gift to 116 organizations breaks new philanthropic ground both in scope and in scale.

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Sponsored by Carnival and WTTC, but not travel-focused Three hours of the latest knowledge flew by during the COVID-19 Global Scientific Summit sponsored by the World Travel & Tourism Council and Carnival Corp. & plc. The event was not cruise or travel focused.

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For students heading to Colby College in Maine this fall, coronavirus testing is expected to be a routine part of campus life. All students will be required to provide a nasal swab every other day for two weeks, and then twice a week after that.

NBC 10 Philadelphia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted LabCorp emergency use authorization to test people with no apparent symptoms of COVID-19. Previously, individuals had to have symptoms of the virus or meet other criteria, such as having been in contact with someone who recently tested positive, in order to get a coronavirus test.

ConsumerAffairs

Over the past several months, Emerson has been slowly doling out new information on what on-campus life at the college will look like in the fall through emails and press releases, piecing together a picture of a complicated semester week by week.

Berkeley Beacon

AUSTIN, Texas - A collaborative group of more than 50 organizations in the academic, public and private sectors has formed the Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS). Organized by Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) at The University of Texas at Austin, the consortium will coordinate efforts to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics by supporting innovators working toward pandemic readiness, response, recovery and resiliency.

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As economic shockwaves from the pandemic continue to reverberate across the country, a new report by the nonprofit Pioneer Institute paints a dire picture of Massachusetts' ailing restaurant, tourism, and retail sectors. Leisure, hospitality, and retail sectors make up an estimated 20 percent of Massachusetts jobs.

WBUR

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus penetrates human cells, it lets the human host cell produce proteins for it. One of these viral proteins, called PLpro, is essential for the replication and rapid spread of the virus.

Medical Xpress

NEW YORK - Vizgen, a Harvard University spinout seeking to commercialize an imaging-based, single-cell spatial transcriptomics technology, is launching the first of two early-access programs for the standalone instrument it is developing. Only $95 for the first 90 days* GenomeWeb Premium gives you: ✔ Full site access ✔ Interest-based email alerts ✔ Access to archives Never miss another important industry story.

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Simpler access to gene-editing technology needed amid ongoing IP uncertainties, say senior executives

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The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce that it intends to fund eight grants in response to the 2020 Research Award request for applications (RFA). The grants awarded in response to this RFA will support research that investigates genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, neural circuits changes and the development of genetic therapies in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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LONDON, July 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. GMT | 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. EDT | Virtual video event * World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Press Office | [email protected] To register for the event, click here: https://covidsciencesummit.com/ The WTTC/Carnival Corporation Global Scientific Summit on COVID-19 is being presented to help the general public, businesses and civic/community leaders continue building an understanding of the facts about COVID-19.

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NEW YORK - A startup company called Caspr Biotech is aiming to prove the utility of nucleases from extremophile organisms in CRISPR-based diagnostics by developing a testing platform that would be within reach of countries with limited resources.

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New research has confirmed that those infected with the coronavirus who do not show clinical signs of Covid-19 are almost as dangerous to healthy people as other patients. A team of American scientists from the Broad Institute analyzed the viral load in hospitalized patients with Covid-19, as well as in asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus.

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LEUVEN, Belgium, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ExeVir Bio announces today a first closing of a EUR23 million Series A financing led by Fund+, with the participation of VIB, UCB Ventures, the Belgian Federal Government via SFPI-FPIM, V-Bio Ventures and several Belgian family offices.

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NEW YORK - Vizgen, a Harvard University spinout seeking to commercialize an imaging-based, single-cell spatial transcriptomics technology, is launching the first of two early-access programs for the standalone instrument it is developing. Only $95 for the first 90 days* GenomeWeb Premium gives you: ✔ Full site access ✔ Interest-based email alerts ✔ Access to archives Never miss another important industry story.

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