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STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Stanford chemists’ work on rare molecule aims to enhance cell therapy and deliver functional cure for HIV/AIDS

Stanford chemists are developing new synthetic forms of a rare marine molecule that show promise for treating cancer and eradicating HIV.

UCLA: A step toward a more efficient way to make gene therapies to attack cancer, genetic disorders

A UCLA-led research team today reports that it has developed a new method for delivering DNA into stem cells and immune cells safely, rapidly and economically.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Lab-on-a-chip COVID-19 antibody test could offer rapid, accurate results

COVID-19 antibody testing that’s portable, fast, cheap and highly precise—four attributes that are usually mutually exclusive—could be possible with a microfluidic device invented at the University of Michigan and developed by U-M startup Optofluidic Bioassay.

NIH: Expert U.S. panel develops NIH treatment guidelines for COVID-19

“Living document” expected to be updated often as new clinical data accrue.

UC BERKELEY: ‘Liquid gold’: UC Berkeley lab makes free hand sanitizer for the needy

When University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Abrar Abidi heard that several staff members at the San Francisco County Jail had tested positive for COVID-19, he and others worked around the clock to manufacture, package and deliver more than 900 bottles of hand sanitizer to the jail – enough for each inmate at all five county lockups.

EMORY HEALTHCARE: Telemedicine use rises at Emory during COVID-19 outbreak

The use of telemedicine has soared at Emory Healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Gregory Esper, MD, MBA, associate chief medical officer at Emory Healthcare and leader of Emory’s systemwide telehealth initiatives.

UC DAVIS HEALTH: Named to governor’s Task Force for COVID-19 testing

Associate Professor Nam Tran will represent UC Davis, which will become a high-volume testing hub

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: U-M engineers work to disinfect N95 masks for frontline medical personnel

The N95 respirator mask is, for many medical care professionals, the first line of defense against COVID-19 and dwindling supplies are one of the biggest threats to health systems during this pandemic.

NASA: NASA Animates World Path of Smoke and Aerosols from Australian Fires

NASA Animates World Path of Smoke and Aerosols from Australian Fires

NASA: From Smoke Going Round the World to Aerosol Levels, NASA Observes Australia's Bushfires

From Smoke Going Round the World to Aerosol Levels, NASA Observes Australia's Bushfires