#Antibodies

Minorities in STEM

MinoritySTEM

Good morning! Today we're going to do a deep "dive" (get ready for more fish puns!) into respiratory immunology and why it's so important to study. Got any Q's? Send

Meg Wingerter

MegWingerter

I've seen a claim making the rounds today that a Japanese study found incredibly high rates of COVID antibodies in a group of people where no one got seriously ill,

Rafael Fonseca MD

Rfonsi1

*** Natural immunity against COVID-19? ***SARS-CoV-2 is one of several coronaviruses. Coronaviruses sometimes cause the common cold, buts sometimes produce very serious infections such as SARS and MERS.https://www.thestar.com.my/news/region

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Meanwhile, President Trump’s (very packed rally) is in full swing. “I took something, I don’t know what the hell it was but it was a cure. I don’t know what

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

ImportantThis virus is not happening in a vacuum where no information existed previouslyOn Immunity, On testing, On serology, On transmission, On masks, On treatments...We must stop this narrative that we

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Stockholm is the best population to test Covid theory whereby it was hit hard early and did not have lockdowns.Nobel Prize winner Dr Michael Levitt postulated that the virus burns

BK Titanji #ILookLikeAScientist

Boghuma

Still wondering why previously infected individuals should still get vaccinated? This study shows why:Single dose with mRNA vaccines boosted Ab neutralization titers vs. all variants by up to 1000-fold

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/12) The #CovidToes mystery deepens again.It looks like they are caused by #SARSCoV2 after all, but people have been looking with the wrong test.It seems pretty conclusive now that #COVID19

Molly Knight

molly_knight

NEWS: Of the 5603 MLB employees who were tested for Covid-19 antibodies, 0.7% were positive:https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/ Anaheim and the two New York team

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

I bet that most places can reduce caseloads to manageable levels and implement #TestAndTrace by May 15. So if I had to bet on when shutdowns can start being lifted,

Emilia C Skirmuntt 🦇🧬🦠

ESkirmuntt

B.1.617.2 (which is a variant found first in India) has today been declared a Variant of Concern (VOC) due to a high increase in cases in the UK and evidence

James Tozer

J_CD_T

EXCLUSIVE: @TheEconomist has obtained data implying that parts of northern Italy have gained enough immunity to substantially slow down the spread of covid-19. (1/9)https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/31/italian-towns-hit-harde

Dr. Rob Davidson #WearAMask

DrRobDavidson

As a doctor, I yearn for us to have effective therapies for #COVID19. However, @realdonaldtrump's rushed "Emergency Use Authorization" for convalescent plasma (an unproven treatment) may actually *harm* our ability

Jonathan Ball

JonathanKBall

1/nToday, I read a #COVID19 #Vaccine piece repeating that the Oxford team were 80% confident that there vaccine would work. This had previously struck me as an odd figure, and

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

I’ve not yet seen report on whether Trump has received dexamethasone (steroids); we know he already got remdesivir (antiviral) & “cocktail” of monoclonal antibodies. But steroids, the only drugs proven

sandeep chakraborty

sanchak74

1/2 Any scientist who did not see this after the Feb 23 paper?https://twitter.com/sanchak74/status/1250635581777829888What scared me at that point was how lethal was this virus. So, I (and most ppl trying