Why TikTok’s viral pink sauce took off

Writer Katy Kelleher claimed Barbie pink as the “color of the year” at Refinery29 earlier this month, citing its appearance in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie in progress and the recent Valentino show and TikTok’s popular bimbocore subgenre. But what didn’t this trending piece see coming? The “pink sauce,” which has started squeezing, dripping, and even […]

experts give new names to virus variants

A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for variants of the monkeypox virus, as part of ongoing efforts to align the names of the disease, virus and variants of monkeypox, or clades, with current best practices. The experts agreed to name the clades using Roman numerals. Monkeypox virus was […]

Merck becomes one of the first CDMOs to offer a complete viral vector offering with the launch of the VirusExpress® 293 adeno-associated virus production platform

Reduces process development time by an estimated 40 percent. It enables biopharmaceutical companies to increase the speed of clinical manufacturing. Adds to the company’s best VirusExpress® lentiviral production platform. DARMSTADT, Germany, August 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched the VirusExpress® 293 adeno-associated virus (AAV) production platform, making it […]