2020 Medicine Nobel Honors Blood Borne Hepatitis Discovery
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been jointly awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus which causes a blood-borne liver infection
The award is one...
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report – Week 35, 2020
Discovering an invoice while chasing, that has been already sold for scrap.
Demolition sales data from August 27 - September 2, 2020, is covered.
According to Ship & Bunker's weekly vessel scanning report:2020 week...
IMO Website Faced Cyber Attack Amidst CMA CGM Data Breach
After CMA CGM, now the IMO is under cyber attack, reports the LoadStar.
What Happened?
Cyber criminals have continued their assault on the maritime sector after the industry’s governing body, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), admitted...
CMA CGM Face Criticism for Slow Booking After Cyber-attack
CMA CGM’s IT engineers continue, for the fifth day, to try to restore its systems following a cyber-attack at the weekend.
The French carrier has come under mounting criticism from customers that its...
Regeneron & Lilly Rooting Each Other in COVID19 Antibody Cocktail Success
A second company has now produced strong hints that monoclonal antibodies, synthetically produced versions of proteins made by the immune system, can work as treatments in people who are infected with the pandemic coronavirus...
Euronav’s CEO Speaks On Strategies Adopted To Manage The Pandemic
Hugo De Stoop, chief executive of one of the world’s largest crude tanker companies, Euronav, took an hour in September to answer questions from S&P Global Platts on supply and demand, floating storage, strategies...
Dr. Vis Blog
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I can almost hear your weary reaction "Here comes one more Blog writer, don't they have anything better to do?"
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Regeneron’s COVID19 Antibody Cocktail Trial Shows Promising Results
In a major development, the Biotechnology company Regeneron released some early results of tests using its antibody cocktail in coronavirus patients Tuesday and said it seemed to reduce levels of the virus and improve...
COVID19 Antibody Response Study Links Cross-reactivity With Severity
Recently researchers found out why certain people are having severe covid19 issues by comparing their antibody response.
IgG and IgA antibody responses are crucial and analysis shows a common viral protein target of...
Why Are Scrubbers Important?
There should be no doubt about the importance of the marine exhaust gas cleaning system in helping to improve the health of those living and working around the world’s ports and harbors. There is...