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COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program

Nebraska's Trey Andrews is using funds from the Office of Research and Economic Development to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Latinos and individuals with histories of substance abuse.

Andrews developing strategies to help high-risk groups navigate COVID

December 3, 2020

Society & Culture

Cutline: Nebraska’s Asit Pattnaik (pictured) and UNMC’s Tom Petro are developing a vaccine framework that exploits the properties of a naturally occurring nanoparticle in an effort to produce a stronger, longer-lasting immune response than other COVID-19 vaccine candidates. They’re also taking a closer look at how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, inhibits the immune system.

Researchers aim to use protein to ramp up COVID-19 antigens’ impact

November 5, 2020

Science & Technology

With support from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program, Shi-Hua Xiang is in the early stages of developing a bacterial delivery system for a COVID-19 vaccine that would be delivered directly to the respiratory tract as a nasal spray.

Nasal spray could mean needle-free COVID-19 vaccine

November 4, 2020

Science & Technology