- Fed Slows Pace Of Bond Buying To $5B Per Day From $6B Per Day
- ECB Signals June Stimulus With Swift Recovery Ruled Out
- IMF Says Banks Face Profitability Challenge Through 2025
- BoE To Phase Out Some Emergency COVID Support
- Italy Extends Maturity Of State-Guaranteed Loans For Smaller Firms
- UK, Canada, Australia Deeply Concerned At China's HK Security Proposals
- US Treasury’s New 20-Year Bond Is A Hit, Outperforming 30-Year
- US Raises Ante In Vaccine Race With $1.2 Bln For Astra
- Nokia First Of Big Three Vendors To Join Open RAN Policy Coalition
- France Warns Renault Could Disappear; Nissan Plans Job Cuts
- UK Court Throws Out Nigerian Oil Corruption Case Against Shell, Eni
- IBM Is Cutting 'Several Thousand' Jobs
As the world remains in almost a standstill and silenced after being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, scientists worldwide are sprinting to find solutions by researching vaccines and therapeutics. A Chinese research team spearheaded by Peking University (PKU) is taking the lead by unsheathing neutralizing antibodies, which will likely lay the foundation for potent COVID-19 treatment that would hopefully be available as early as this winter, in case of a resurgence of the virus.
The research team led by Sunney Xie, the director of the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics at PKU, has successfully identified multiple highly potent neutralizing antibodies against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of the respiratory disease COVID-19, from convalescent plasma by high-throughput single-cell sequencing.
Such a drug would hopefully be able to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, in case the vaccine isn't available soon, Xie said in an exclusive interview with the Global Times on Wednesday. (Global Times – Continue Reading)
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- China’s Peoples’ Congress Convenes As US Pressure Mounts
- US Jobless Claims Surprise To Upside But Four-Week Average Slips
- German Investor Outlook Surges, Current Mood Worsens
- UK Labour Report: This Is Where The Good News Ends
- UK Inflation Plunges In April As COVID-19 lockdown Hits Oil Prices
- US NY Fed GDP Nowcast Q2: -30.47% (prev -31.05%)
- Canadian Retail Sales (M/M) Mar: -10.0% (est -10.5%; prev 0.3%)
- Fed Slows Pace Of Bond Buying To $5B Per Day From $6B Per Day – ForexLive
- WH Advisor Hassett: US Employment To Turn Around Soon, More Stimulus On The Way – RTRS
- Pompeo And Hassett Condemn China Over Hong Kong Security Law – NYT
- Canadian PM Trudeau: Federal Govt To Fund COVID-19 Testing, Tracing & Data-Sharing – G&M
- ECB Signals June Stimulus With Swift Recovery Ruled Out – BBG
- ECB's Lane: Low Inflation May Become More Persistent - RTRS
- IMF Says Banks Face Profitability Challenge Through 2025 – BBG
- BoE To Phase Out Some Emergency COVID Support – RTRS
- OBR: Surge In UK Debt-To-GDP Ratio Driven By Fall In Output – RTRS
- Irish FinMin Donohoe: No Deal Brexit Back As A Risk For Irish Economy – RTRS
- Italy Extends Maturity Of State-Guaranteed Loans For Smaller Firms – RTRS
- UK, Canada, Australia Deeply Concerned At China's Security Proposals For Hong Kong – RTRS
- Oil Drops 2%, But Still Posts Fourth Straight Week Of Gains – CNBC
- Baker Hughes: N. American Oil & Gas Rig Count Falls To Record Lows – RTRS
- Gold Prices End Higher Amid US-China Tensions, But Post A Weekly Decline – MarketWatch
- Steel Output Slumped By Most In A Decade In April Amid Virus – BBG
- S&P 500 Rises Slightly As Wall Street Wraps Up Big Week Of Gains - CNBC
- European Markets Close Mixed As US-China Tensions Dent Sentiment – CNBC
- Investors Flee Biggest ETF Of UK Domestic Stocks – BBG
- US Raises Ante In Vaccine Race With $1.2 Bln For Astra – BBG
- Deere Signals Recovery As US Farmers To Benefit From Relief Program – RTRS
- Foot Locker Sinks On Huge Q1 Misses Across The Board – IBD
- Alibaba Sales Growth Plumbs New Lows While Uncertainty Escalates – BBG
- China’s JD, NetEase Aim To List Shares In Hong Kong Next Month – BBG
- Nokia First Of Big Three Vendors To Join Open RAN Policy Coalition – RCR
- France Warns Renault Could Disappear; Nissan Plans Job Cuts – RTRS
- BP's Looney Halves Top Management Roles In Energy Transition Plan – RTRS
- French Court Orders Insurer AXA To Pay Restaurant's COVID-19 Losses – RTRS
- UK Court Throws Out Nigerian Oil Corruption Case Against Shell, Eni – RTRS
- GM Delays Resumption Of Second Shift At Three North American Truck Plants – RTRS
- Kohl's Exits Jennifer Lopez, Other Women's Brands As Losses Mount – RTRS
- IBM Is Cutting 'Several Thousand' Jobs – Biz Insider
- Deutsche Asks Top Managers To Waive One Month’s Pay – FT