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April 27, 2020 Could a New Ultraviolet Technology Fight the Spread of Coronavirus? Columbia researcher David Brenner believes far-UVC light - safe for humans, but lethal for viruses - could be a 'game changer'. |
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April 23, 2020 FDA Approves Studies of Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 Blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors could be used to protect high-risk individuals and healthcare workers, and to treat critically ill patients. |
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March 27, 2020 Contagion Team Reunites to Create Coronavirus PSAs Produced by Contagion director Steven Soderbergh, screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, and scientific advisor Ian Lipkin, several of the film's stars have reunited to produce a series of evidence-based COVID-19 PSAs. |
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March 26, 2020 Columbia Public Health Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has been working on multiple fronts to respond to the spread of the virus. |
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March 25, 2020 An Update on Ian Lipkin On March 24, Ian Lipkin, Director of CII, announced he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that he acquired the virus through community transmission. |
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March 19, 2020 Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic The C3 Test is designed and optimized to be highly sensitive, or able to detect low levels of viral RNA. |
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March 13, 2020 The Kind of Outbreak Our Scientists Knew Would Happen "We didn't know which virus would emerge or where, but the fact that it happened is no surprise at all," said Professor Simon Anthony of the CII and member of PREDICT. |
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March 5, 2020 At the Forefront of Global Efforts to Combat Coronavirus CII has launched a research initiative to develop a rapid and reliable test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 and to identify the sources of transmission, specifically in mild or asymptomatic cases. |
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February 11, 2020 New Method Predicts Individual Response to Ebola Infection CII has used a special breed of laboratory mice that mimic human patterns of tolerance and susceptibility to the Ebola virus to identify human immune factors to predict infection outcomes. |
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February 4, 2020 Our Experts Respond to the Coronavirus Outbreak Ian Lipkin had just returned from China, where he has been advising the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and preparing a formal report for the government. |
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January 7, 2020 China Honors Ian Lipkin In part of their 70th anniversary celebration of the People's Republic of China, Ian Lipkin was awarded with a medal of recognition for his work in China during the SARS epidemic as a pivotal moment in PRC history. |
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September 16, 2019 More Than Lyme: Study in Long Island Finds Multiple Agents of Tick-Borne Disease Prevalence of multiple agents capable of causing human disease in three species of ticks on Long Island. |
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August 13, 2019 New Evidence Points to Viral Culprit in AFM Child Paralysis Antibody evidence in cerebrospinal fluid that points to enterovirus infection as a cause for acute flaccid myelitis |
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August 13, 2019 New Evidence Points to Viral Culprit in AFM Child Paralysis Antibody evidence in cerebrospinal fluid that points to enterovirus infection as a cause for acute flaccid myelitis |
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February 26, 2019 Study Traces Origins of Chikungunya in Brazil New evidence suggests Chikungunya virus arrived in Brazil at least one year earlier than originally detected. |
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February 20, 2019 Viruses That Linger in the Gut Could Trigger Type 1 Diabetes New evidence supporting an association between elevated levels of enteroviruses in intestinal tracts of children and inlet automimmunity (Type 1 diabetes precursor) |
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January 24, 2019 Scientists Discover Ebola Virus in West African Bat This is the first identification of Ebola virus in a bat in the region. |
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October 23, 2018 Breakthrough Test Screens for All Known Bacterial Infections Precision Medicine platform developed at CII is 1,000x more sensitive than conventional screening methods and can detect signs of antibiotic resistance |
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August 27, 2018 Ebola Species Found in Bats Ahead of Any Potential Outbreak Discovery illustrates PREDICT Project's goal to find viruses before they spillover into people |
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August 22, 2018 Unexplained Illness in Tanzania Puts Pathogen Discovery to the Test Scientists were able to detect the near-complete genome of HIV-1 from a patient blood sample |
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August 10, 2018 Precision Public Health: IDs of Respiratory Diseases in Uganda Utilizing a sophisticated genetic sequencing technique to identify pathogens/patterns of unknown respiratory illnesses |
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July 24, 2018 Scientists Discover New Ebolavirus in Bats in Sierra Leone Currently no evidence of human infection or spillover |
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July 13, 2018 Dr. W. Ian Lipkin at the Beijing Center Lecture: The Virus in the Globalized World |
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July 9, 2018 Insights from Metabolites Get Us Closer to a Test for CFS Center for Infection and Immunity researchers combined data from the metabolome and microbiome to predict who had disease with 84% certainty |
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June 27, 2018 NIH Director Francis Collins Highlights Breakthrough Tick Test Writing on his NIH Director’s Blog, Francis Collins, MD, highlights a breakthrough test for tick-borne diseases developed by CII researchers |
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May 3, 2018 What Gorilla Poop Tells Us About Evolution and Human Health Researchers find the microbiomes of wild gorillas shift seasonally when once a year they switch from eating fibrous leaves to eating fruit |
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April 17, 2018 Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Discovered in NYC House Mice A study of mice collected from apartment buildings reveals they carry several disease-causing pathogens, some of which may be resistant to treatments |
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March 6, 2018 New Test Extends Window for Accurate Detection of Zika The test improves on existing options, providing an accurate and cost-effective means to determine whether a patient was infected, days or months after exposure |
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February 16, 2018 First Multiplex Test for Tick-Borne Diseases Promising to revolutionize diagnosis, a single blood test can now accurately detect if someone has Lyme Disease and/or one of seven other tick-borne diseases |
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