#Antibodies

Eugene Gu, MD

eugenegu

I’ve warned about this many times, but it always fell on deaf ears as everyone likes rushing things through clinical trials and doing emergency authorizations at warp speed. Convalescent plasma

Dr Darren Saunders

whereisdaz

This is a real shame, and will no doubt cause a lot of confusion. These patients were never infected with HIV, or ever came close to anything resembling live HIV

Charlie White

c_write

Vaxart said its Phase 1 trial vaccine candidate -- a tablet that's stable at room temperature, not a shot -- sparked T-cell responses that were higher than those seen in

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Over the last weeks, a substantial amount of new evidence has become available about immunity to #SARSCoV2. This information can be difficult to process and integrate. As such I felt

Dr Clare Craig

ClareCraigPath

Antibody levels by government testing have not shown an increase since May. If we have had real COVID cases since May and if we are not at herd immunity then

♡ DR22

DejaRu22

The problem with people who claim to be affected by "social anxiety"Look. Unless you went through an incredibly traumatic episode that rivals the effects of war, you're just nervous.And what

Mary Beth Miotto MD MPH

MAhealthforkids

Cant wait to dig into the original research on children’s antibodies to #coronavirus potentially protecting them against #COVID19 . Any friends on #epitwitter or #MedTwitter have thoughts on it? #Pediatrics

Katherine Ellen Foley

katherineefoley

Alright team, let's get to another pressing vaccine question a lot of you had asked recently: Can those who have gotten complete doses (2 shots) of #COVID19Vaccines transmit SARS-CoV-2 to

Julia Ioffe

juliaioffe

Last month, I told you that my grandmother died of #COVID19. What I didn't tell you is that she also (unintentionally) infected my mother. My mother had already had covid

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

India must be being protected by cross reactive immunity from prior corona viral infections. Let us examine the data:1)>2.7 million diagnosed with COVID. 2) Seroprevalence in hotspots: Mumbai slums 57%Pune

Marta Esperti ⛵️

MartaEsperti

(2) #Diagnosis and #evidencebased can be done following other criteria: symptoms, epidemiological moment, other clinical results (including blood, CT scan, ecocardio, etc) that all together are largely sufficient evidence and

Stefan Marciniak

Prof_Marciniak

The Background 1860s: nucleic acids discovered 1940-50s: the concept that “DNA makes RNA makes protein” is developed (& is called the central dogma)1960s: messenger RNA discovered 1/n Path to the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD NEWS—a mutation seen in a few #SARSCoV2 variants doesn’t seem to harm the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, finding “no reduction in neutralization activity against virus”.HOWEVER—did not yet test for worrisome E484K

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

Great demonstrating why I love science! Review of a new preprint finding (1) ~5% of popn has antibodies from virus infections that are cross-reactive to #SARSCoV2 but (2) these

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NEW—How good is “natural infection” immunity? 83% protection—People who have been infected by #COVID19 “may have immunity to the virus for around five months”, says study led by Public Health

Viki Male 💙

VikiLovesFACS

People have been asking me if we might expect the #COVID19 #vaccine to affect female #fertility. The short answer is no. The long answer is... also no, but with more

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