"We have been working with an analogue of the coronavirus, which was isolated back in the 1960s and from studying the reactions of this less pathogenic virus we can predict how antiviral substances would act on the current virus." This was what Assoc. Prof. Penka Petrova, Director of the Institute of Microbiology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences told Nova TV.
The academy has nearly 70 synthesized substances being tested for the first time against coronavirus, and 22 of them are "particularly promising." "The virus dies exposed to ultraviolet light," said Assoc. Prof. Penka Petrova, adding that the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has been developing a method based on electric charring to be used in protective masks.
Bulgarian scientist Dr. Vladimir Kefalov has been awarded a prestigious alumni prize by Boston University’s Graduate Medical Sciences Faculty, the Bulgarian Consulate in Los Angeles announced on Facebook, cited by BTA. “This recognition by Boston..
The Association of Olympic Teams in Natural Sciences announced on Wednesday that Bulgarian high school students had won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals at the 32nd Balkan Olympiad in Informatics , which was held in Udine, Italy. The Bulgarian..
Applications can be submitted to the Bulgarian Cultural and Educational Centre in Scotland, First Bulgarian School "Nadejda Stancioff - Lady Muir” in Edinburgh for a new course for adults - Bulgarian for beginners. Classes start at 6-7 PM on..
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