COVID-19: How has the Scientific Community Risen to the Challenge?

Abstract

As the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads around the world, scientists have raced to develop vaccines and tests in order to curb the infection.

Artificial neural networks for classifying the time series sensor data generated by medical detection dogs

“…Medical detection dogs are trained to recognise the odour of volatile organic compounds that are emitted by biological samples provided by patients with certain diseases. Dogs have been trained to recognise prostate cancer from urine samples, malaria from clothing worn by carriers of the disease (Guest et al, 2019) and, most recently, dogs are being trained to detect COVID-19 (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2020;Straiton, 2020).…”

Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Unique Challenges Associated with Medical Research: A Saudi Institution Approach

“…The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to have a profound impact around the globe, 1 making it difficult to balance personal safety and work priorities. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended several major cities and towns at risk implement lockdown measures and other restrictions to reduce the spread of infection.…”