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Created for Anthrax Attacks, Cold Plasma Air Filter Is Now Being Prepped to Face COVID-19
April 23, 2020
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Researchers at Drexel University’s <a href="https://drexel.edu/nyheiminstitute/" style="color: #954f72;">C. & J. Nyheim Plasma Institute</a> are modifying an air sterilization system they created to combat the threat of anthrax attacks post-9-11 in hopes it can now help to ward off COVID-19.</p>
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Genetic Tracing 'Barcode' Is Rapidly Revealing COVID-19's Journey and Evolution
April 16, 2020
<span>Drexel University researchers have reported a method to quickly identify and label mutated versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. Their preliminary analysis, using information from a global database of genetic information gleaned from coronavirus testing, suggests that there are at least six to 10 slightly different versions of the virus infecting people in America, some of which are either the same as, or have subsequently evolved from, strains directly from Asia, while others are the same as those found in Europe.</span>
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