COVID-19 vaccine boosters: what does the research show?

With recent mRNA booster recommendations, many ask if they should get a COVID-19 booster and what the science shows? This blog explains the science …

Exploring Knowledge Graphs for COVID-19 Drug Discovery

The methodology behind CAS knowledge graphs enhances potential drug identification for COVID-19 treatment and other diseases.

Coronavirus Variants: The Delta Variant and the Future Impact of Viral Mutations

If you are fully vaccinated, should you be worried about the impact of COVID-19 variants? Read this blog and learn about effectiveness of vaccines on …

Latest data on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in children

On May 10, 2021, the U.S. FDA granted an extension of the emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12-15 …

Understanding the nanotechnology in COVID-19 vaccines

Lipid nanoparticles are a vital component of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, playing a key role in protecting and transporting …

Do other vaccines protect you from COVID-19?

Quickly after the emergence of COVID-19, it became clear that vaccines and drugs would be needed to tackle the SARS-CoV-2 virus and bring an end to …

Top 5 COVID-19 vaccine questions answered

CAS addresses some of the most common scientific questions about the current COVID vaccine candidates.

Meet the mRNA vaccine rookies aiming to take down COVID-19

mRNA vaccines have many potential advantages over conventional vaccines in mitigating the spread and eventually ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn …

Building on “flu shot” success to tackle COVID-19

Pharmaceutical companies and public health officials are leveraging experience with the well-known influenza vaccine to support successful …

Seeking COVID-19 Therapeutic Candidates with a Computational Approach

Learn how machine learning procedures and CAS COVID-19 resources, including scientific insights, open access datasets and special reports are …

Taking aim at COVID-19’s most wanted targets

In support of ongoing research efforts to identify additional drugs for COVID-19, a team of CAS scientists analyzed published scientific information …

Classic and new technologies vying to be the first COVID-19 vaccine

Storm warning – The critical role of cytokines in severe COVID-19

Serological tests indicate that inflammatory cytokine storm response is associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality. Understanding the biological …

Targeting ACE2 – Closing COVID-19’s cellular doorway

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, scientists have been racing to understand it. Extensive research has been devoted to …

The enemy within: How SARS-CoV-2 uses our own proteins to infect our cells

A critical step in the race to develop treatments for COVID-19 is to gain a clear understanding of how the virus enters our cells. This insight will …

Recent advances support scalability of COVID-19 diagnostic testing

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, continues to grip the world. Large-scale testing is required for countries to successfully …

Joining Forces to Accelerate COVID-19 Treatments

With millions of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and many more likely going untested, researchers around the world are racing to find solutions to this …

Beating COVID-19: Insights and strategies for new vaccines and therapies

The outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the new virus SARS-CoV-2, has spread rapidly across the world. Since the first report from Wuhan, China on …

Tracking COVID-19 Testing Technology - Infographic

This COVID-19 Testing Technology infographic summarizes both the key characteristics and benefits of the technologies needed, and the leading assay …