Melton Williams
Sachin Dennis of St Elizabeth Technical High School wins section eight of the men s 100m at the JAAA/JOA Olympic Destiny Series at the National Stadium on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (PHOTOS: Marlon Reid).
Schoolboy Sachin Dennis and promising sprint hurdler Rasheed Broadbell, of MVP Track Club, highlighted the first meet in the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Olympic Destiny Series at the National Stadium on Saturday.
The series, which is designed to provide a huge boost to the nation’s athletes gearing up for the Olympic Games, offered prize incentives courtesy of financing from the Jamaica Olympic Association.
Dennis followed up his gold medal performance from the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships last week with an impressive victory in the men’s 100m time final.
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Jamaica’s 2015 world 100m finalist Natasha Morrison.
Jamaica’s 2015 world 100m finalist Natasha Morrison was a convincing winner of the women’s short sprint at the TRUFit Sprint Classic in Miami on Saturday.
After a 10.98 run in the heats, she won the final in a personal best of 10.87 (1.3m/s), which represents the second-fastest time this year. American Sha’Carri Richardson is the world leader with a time of 10.72 achieved on April 10 in Florida, USA.
Tynia Gaither of The Bahamas was second in 11.02.
Julian Forte clocked 10.03 seconds for third place in the men’s 100m, while his Jamaican teammates Nigel Ellis, finished fourth in 10.04, and Michael Stephens, sixth, in 10.12.
Novel mRNA delivery vehicle provides alternative to LNPs for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Researchers in the United States have developed an alternative messenger RNA (mRNA) delivery platform to the lipid nanoparticles that are currently used in vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery vehicles have inherent immunostimulatory properties that can induce adverse events such as allergic reactions.
Now, Ronald Levy and colleagues from Stanford University in California have developed an alternative approach that uses a novel delivery vehicle called Charge-Altering Releasable Transporters (CARTs).
“Using these inherently nonimmunogenic vehicles, we are able to tailor the vaccine immunogenicity by the inclusion of co-formulated adjuvants such as oligonucleotides with CpG motifs,” they write.
Jamaica’s double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah.
Jamaica’s double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah returned to winning ways at the Velocity Fest No. 9 meeting at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.
Racing the distance for the first time this year, Thompson-Herah, of MVP Track Club, won the women’s 100m in 11.21 seconds (0.0m/s).
The 28-year-old, who was competing for the second time this season, looked a bit sluggish but despite that won easily in the end. Remona Burchell, of Sprintec, finished second in 11.35, while Natasha Morrison, of MVP Track Club, was third in 11.41.
The victory for Thompson-Herah came a week after she was beaten into fourth place over 200m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting in Miramar, Florida.