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Category: How do scientists study drugs and vaccines?

How do scientists study the safety and efficacy of drugs and vaccines? How do we develop new drugs and vaccines?
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Preliminary results of using CBD to inhibit SARS-CoV-2

Posted on March 21, 2022September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

Early, non-peer reviewed results suggest the possibility that CBD inhibits the virus that causes COVID-19 but in cell culture. Whether this…

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    First real-life trial of monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19

    Posted on September 13, 2021June 13, 2025 by Gina Misra

    A large trial of COVID-19 positive patients at increased risk of severe illness showed that two types of monoclonal antibody infusions did…

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      Are mRNA vaccines safe for pregnant women?

      Posted on August 26, 2021June 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

      So far, it seems that the mRNA vaccine platform does not produce many side effects in pregnant women. It passes some immunoglobulins to the…

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        An anti-parasitic drug could be the COVID-19 antiviral we need

        Posted on August 9, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Researchers from Australia have confirmed that an FDA-approved anti-parasitic agent called Ivermectin can inhibit SARS-Cov2 replication in…

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          Telling people they’re getting a placebo does not stop it from working

          Posted on February 9, 2021October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

          Does giving a placebo require lying to a patient? This study concludes...no! Placebos still work even when the patient knows, at least for…

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            Horseshoe crabs are critical to the biotech industry

            Posted on January 24, 2021September 2, 2026 by Sciworthy

            Did you know that the modern US biomedical industry is built around the baby blue blood of horseshoe crabs? Come find out what scientists…

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              Deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 to speed up vaccine development?

              Posted on November 24, 2020September 2, 2026 by Sciworthy

              A potential way to speed up vaccine development: human challenge trials. #covid19 #research

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                The simple lab technique that changed everything

                Posted on November 19, 2020September 2, 2026 by Sciworthy

                What do gene sequencing, catching criminals with DNA evidence, and “designer babies” all have in common? Forty years ago, these were all…

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                  Laboratory methods behind the polio vaccine discovery

                  Posted on September 24, 2020June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                  Poliomyelitis is the name of the disease caused by the poliovirus, and it mostly affects children under the age of 5, causing paralysis in a…

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                    Can a Chinese medicinal herb Psoralea fructus build healthy bones?

                    Posted on September 9, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Osteoblasts are cells that are responsible for bone formation. A lack of osteoblasts will cause osteoporosis – a disease that occurs when…

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