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Gayathri Vijayakumar delves deep into the CRISPR technique and talks about her experiences of working with the Nobel winner Jennifer A Doudna, who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Emmanuelle Charpentier this year for their exemplary work in genome editing.
Scientists and researchers across the world are in a race to find a vaccine for novel coronavirus. India is also not far behind in terms of research and development of a potential vaccine. Today, let's take a look at the front-runners in COVID-19 vaccine development and where they have reached.
With the COVID-19 cases spiking in many countries, it's clear that the pandemic not going to end anytime soon. And hence, people are pinning their hopes on a vaccine. We have been hearing a lot about the status of vaccines and treatments for the novel coronavirus, but how close are we to getting an effective vaccine?
Herd immunity emerges when a large percentage of people in a community becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of the disease from person to person unlikely. Trying to attain a state of herd immunity without a vaccine would be disastrous as it is a euphemism for uncontrolled community transmission.
