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Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan: ‘We must learn to be better prepared for the next pandemic.’ Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer Published on Sun 24 May 2020 02.26 EDT Sort by citations Sort by year Sort by title.

Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan (born 1952) is an Indian-British-American structural biologist who is the current President of the Royal Society. Copyright © 2020 The Royal Society. Venki Ramakrishnan, Chair of the DELVE committee said; “While social distancing and maintaining hygiene, such as washing hands, remain of prime importance to reducing transmission, the evidence shows that, if used widely and correctly, face masks, including home-made cloth masks, can help to reduce viral transmission in situations where social distancing is difficult to maintain consistently.

CONTACT US Venki Ramakrishnan Structure of the translational apparatus ramak@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Personal group site.

ABOUT US Search This contrasts to the standard use of masks for the protection of wearers.

The report also addresses implications of the science for policy makers:The full report can be accessed at the DELVE initiative github: DELVE is an independent group convened by the Royal Society.

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Venki Ramakrishnan on coronavirus: Blaming scientists would be 'very bad' Andrew Marr spoke to the President of The Royal Society & SAGE member Venki Ramakrishnan. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society, said the UK “way behind” many other countries in using coverings to protect against the spread of coronavirus.

He pointed to mounting evidence suggesting masks protect both the wearer and those around them.

Every time they cough, sneeze, talk or even breathe, they are spreading droplets containing the virus. Translation of genetic information into protein is fundamental to life. + 44 207 451 2500

You currently have JavaScript disabled in your web browser, please enable JavaScript to view our website as intended.Face masks could offer an important tool for contributing to the management of community transmission of Covid-19 within the general population, according to The group’s analysis suggests that the use of face masks, including home-made cloth masks, could reduce onward transmission if widely used in situations where physical distancing is not possible or predictable such as busy public transport, shopping and other potentially crowded public or workspaces.

Covid-19: Face covering a must, says Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan Ramakrishnan, who is president of Royal Society, made the intervention as two new reports added to … AWARDS As a postdoctoral fellow at Yale, he began his research on the structure and function of the ribosome, a major structure in all cells that interprets genetic instructions to produce proteins.

Its views do not necessarily reflect the views of the Royal SocietyThe Royal Society is providing a secretariat for DELVEFellows of the Royal Society and people that we fund are contributing to the UK and global effort to tackle Coronavirus COVID-19.

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Cited by. This is thought to be particularly important because a significant fraction of infected people are asymptomatic or presymptomatic and will not know that they are infectious.The report highlights that in parallel with any policy recommending the use of homemade face masks for the general public, it will be necessary to take all steps to ensure sufficient supply of surgical masks as well as other PPE for frontline NHS workers.The paper was submitted to the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE).DELVE welcomes the Prime Minister’s comments last week on the usefulness of face coverings and looks forward to hearing more details on Government plans.Venki Ramakrishnan, Chair of the DELVE committee said; “While social distancing and  maintaining hygiene, such as washing hands, remain of prime importance to reducing transmission, the evidence shows that, if used widely and correctly, face masks, including home-made cloth masks, can help to reduce viral transmission in situations where social distancing is difficult to maintain consistently.

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