‘We have to try it’: Tuberculosis expert explores coronavirus vaccine research
The team is selecting pieces of proteins from the virus that are known to elicit an immune response against COVID-19.
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Yahoo News: Colorado State University researchers say old vaccine could be useful in fight against COVID-19
VIDEO: Veterinary pathologist Dr. Amy MacNeill and her team are using the vaccinia virus to make a vaccine that might protect against coronavirus.
Coloradoan: CSU team finds dozens of asymptomatic nursing home workers infected with coronavirus
Dr. Nicole Ehrhart and Greg Ebel had their big "ah-ha" moment a few weeks into testing hundreds of skilled nursing facility workers for the coronavirus.
Inside the bat cave: How do bats stay healthy while hosting viruses that cause vicious disease in people?
CSU Magazine: How do bats stay healthy while hosting viruses that cause vicious disease in people? The answers could lead to COVID-19 cures.
Fox31: CSU researchers working on COVID-19 vaccine
A Colorado State University veterinary pathologist, Dr. Amy MacNeill, and her team are using the vaccinia virus to make a vaccine that might protect against coronavirus.
Poxviruses could yield protein pathways for coronavirus vaccine
Dr. Amy MacNeill and her team are using the vaccinia virus – used as the very first vaccine, for smallpox – to make a vaccine that would protect against coronavirus.
Beyond the basics: "Foundational science is the point of discovery"
I’ll give you a current example – the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China. Foundational science asks: Where did this virus come from? How does it relate to the other viruses we already know about? Within weeks, the scientific community sequenced the entire genome of the novel strain and determined its relatedness to other coronaviruses.
JAVMA News: Animal health laboratories aid testing for COVID-19 in people
Dr. Kristy Pabilonia, interim director for the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, said her laboratory accepted its first 60 nasopharyngeal swabs for testing in early April, following a few weeks of validation, resupply, and CLIA registration, which allows human health work pending an audit for full certification.
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to process human COVID-19 tests
Prepared with the necessary certification for laboratory testing performed on humans, the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory is ready to help the local community process more coronavirus tests.