{"id":4424,"date":"2020-03-20T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2020-05-20T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:49:25","slug":"how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/","title":{"rendered":"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Due to the current outbreak of COVID-19, all science sectors are rushing to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/european-commission-to-spend-e10m-on-coronavirus-research\/3306\/\">reduce its impact<\/a>, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Innovation News Network<\/em>, Peggy Oti-Boateng, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building in the Natural Sciences Sector at UNESCO Headquarters, discussed the current COVID-19 pandemic and how the bioengineering sector is aiding its demise.<\/p>\n<h3>How prepared is the bioengineering sector to tackle COVID-19?<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cUNESCO has launched Open Science. Open Science is bringing everybody together by sharing data globally. Bioengineers have been able to share the algorithms for predicting the biomolecular structure of COVID-19 to better understand what will be needed to develop a vaccine. Now, bioengineers are working alongside healthcare professionals to help provide robotic support to streamline drug delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;ve also developed protective clothing so that doctors can interact with patients without fear of spreading the disease itself. Our partners, The World Federation of Engineering Organisations noted in a public statement that was released yesterday, that bioengineering offers enormous opportunities to develop new healthcare innovation by blending two traditional disciplines. This will be further enhanced by recruiting a diverse range of problem solvers, so please <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">go online to UNESCO<\/a> to read more about the role of bioengineers in tackling the COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBioengineering is involved in so many aspects in medicine. A suit is now being developed, which is unlike the common mask which really only protects a piece of your face, this \u2018bioclothing\u2019 covers the whole face, so that you don&#8217;t have direct contact with a patient, which will reduce the incidents of doctors contracting the disease. It&#8217;s to be used for other protective clothing in chemical laboratories buy it can also be modified for use in the COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the current outbreak of COVID-19, all science sectors are rushing to help reduce its impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic? In an interview with Innovation News Network, Peggy Oti-Boateng, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building in the Natural Sciences Sector at UNESCO Headquarters, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10551],"tags":[16871],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All science sectors are rushing to help reduce COVID-19&#039;s impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All science sectors are rushing to help reduce COVID-19&#039;s impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Innovation News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InnoNewsNetwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-20T15:25:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-20T14:49:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Caitlin Magee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InnoNewsNetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InnoNewsNetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Caitlin Magee\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Caitlin Magee\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5186ad57c79ad5162638977775a065d2\"},\"headline\":\"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-20T15:25:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-20T14:49:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"COVID-19\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\",\"name\":\"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-20T15:25:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-20T14:49:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"All science sectors are rushing to help reduce COVID-19's impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"\u00a9 iStock\/Ada Yokota\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/\",\"name\":\"Innovation News Network\",\"description\":\"Science, Research &amp; Innovation News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Innovation News Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/inn-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/inn-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Innovation News Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InnoNewsNetwork\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/InnoNewsNetwork\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/innovation-news-network\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5186ad57c79ad5162638977775a065d2\",\"name\":\"Caitlin Magee\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9317ff5b599c1691af439d8adbf8433d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9317ff5b599c1691af439d8adbf8433d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Caitlin Magee\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/author\/caitlinmagee\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19","description":"All science sectors are rushing to help reduce COVID-19's impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19","og_description":"All science sectors are rushing to help reduce COVID-19's impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/","og_site_name":"Innovation News Network","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InnoNewsNetwork","article_published_time":"2020-03-20T15:25:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-20T14:49:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Caitlin Magee","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@InnoNewsNetwork","twitter_site":"@InnoNewsNetwork","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Caitlin Magee","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/"},"author":{"name":"Caitlin Magee","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5186ad57c79ad5162638977775a065d2"},"headline":"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19","datePublished":"2020-03-20T15:25:11+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-20T14:49:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/"},"wordCount":303,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg","keywords":["COVID-19"],"articleSection":["Health"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2020","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/","url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/","name":"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-20T15:25:11+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-20T14:49:25+00:00","description":"All science sectors are rushing to help reduce COVID-19's impact, but how is the bioengineering sector looking to combat the pandemic?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"\u00a9 iStock\/Ada Yokota"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/how-bioengineering-could-help-the-fight-against-covid-19\/4424\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How bioengineering could help the fight against COVID-19"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/","name":"Innovation News Network","description":"Science, Research &amp; Innovation News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#organization","name":"Innovation News Network","url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/inn-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/inn-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Innovation News Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InnoNewsNetwork","https:\/\/x.com\/InnoNewsNetwork","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/innovation-news-network\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5186ad57c79ad5162638977775a065d2","name":"Caitlin Magee","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9317ff5b599c1691af439d8adbf8433d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9317ff5b599c1691af439d8adbf8433d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Caitlin Magee"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/author\/caitlinmagee\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-02-07 10:41:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4445,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424\/revisions\/4445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}