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Revolutionary printer may extend vaccine reach, overcome shortage challenges

MIT researchers have developed a mobile vaccine printer that can produce hundreds of vaccine doses a day. In a breakthrough development, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have…

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Immunity from Covid infection effective though vaccine offers safest bet: study

It was discovered that the immunity produced by an infection was “at least as high, if not higher” than that given by two doses of an mRNA vaccine. Immunity acquired…

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Top Qatari official awarded National Order of Merit by Paraguay for global vaccine drive

Paraguay awards a UN Qatari official for the Gulf nation’s efforts to help with vaccination needs. Paraguay awarded Qatar’s Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, the country’s representative of the…

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Urgent global mission: BioNTech founders reveal details of vaccine rollout at WISH summit

Qatar Foundation’s WISH 2022 summit will take place until October 6, 2022. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic sparked an extreme level of urgency to develop vaccines in a bid to curb…

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US approves updated Pfizer, Moderna booster shots to target new variant

The new doses are expected to roll out in the United States in the upcoming weeks, but it is still unclear when will they reach Qatar. New versions of the…

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Moderna sues Pfizer for ‘copying’ vaccine technology

The case could take years to resolve. Moderna is suing its rival Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for allegedly copying its mRNA technology that the company said it developed…

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Cure to cancer sought in Covid-19 vaccine technology

Covid-19 vaccine technology could be used to stimulate the immune system to recognise and attack pancreatic cancer cells. In 2008, the German business BioNTech was established by professors Ugur Sahin…

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Qatar records 762 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hour period

The world has been witnessing another rise in daily Covid-19 infections as more countries ease pandemic-related restrictions. Qatar recorded 762 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, showing a slight dip in daily…

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Scientists in Qatar explore the possibility of repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19 treatment

Qatar University (QU) and Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) work on expanding certain drugs’ original scope. Scientists from QU and QBRI have been exploring the possibility of repurposing antitumor drugs…

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