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A collection of feature articles, case studies, and whitepapers from CAS. News and trends spanning scientific research and information technology.

A collection of feature articles, case studies, and whitepapers from CAS. News and trends spanning scientific research and information technology.

Resources Index

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In This Together: CAS Joining Forces with Researchers and Data Scientists 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 daunting challenge. Approved drugs are being explored as treatments for those afflicted, vaccines to prevent the long-term spread are in development, as well as many other efforts beyond drug discovery. To keep frontline healthcare professionals safe, manufacturers are reimagining production processes to make critical supplies, such as hand sanitizer and mask filters, testing methods are being optimized to be faster and more accurate, materials for new germ-resistant masks are being developed and new systems to sterilize medical equipment are being designed.

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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 December 31, 2019, the total numbers of confirmed cases and COVID-19-related deaths worldwide have continued to escalate. Now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (“WHO”), COVID-19 has already overwhelmed healthcare systems in many countries and is expected to impose a major impact on the world economy.