#Antigen

Arjun Gupta

guptaarjun90

1/ M protein ?!?Ever ordered an SPEP and been uncertain whether to get a UPEP as well? Should one obtain any other tests? How does one interpret the results?Read on

arkepi

arkepi2020

"Buckle up, Arkansas!": A threadWe're seeing the highest rates of cases & hospitalizations of the pandemic. We know strong policies very effective w/ this virus, but nothing coming.So how to

Michael Lin, PhD-MD

michaelzlin

The interesting comparison to me is not between JNJ's vaccine and the RNA vaccines, but between it and WKV (inactivated virus) vaccines, because they are similar in efficacy. JNJ has

Rapid Tests

RapidTests

1/ Some may be wondering: What ever happened to rapid tests? There was a lot of excitement a few months ago and even the FDA seemed to open up. So

Alastair McAlpine, MD

AlastairMcA30

So as per @sindivanzyl’s request, this is a continuation from yesterday’s thread on our immune systems.This will focus on vaccines, and how they work. We’ll look at how Covid19 vaccines

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

It looks increasingly plausible that the same weapons we’ll use to defeat Covid-19 can also vanquish even grimmer reapers — including cancer, which kills almost 10 million people a year

Carrie Lucas

lucasite_lab

Thrilled to share our pre-print describing single-cell, TCR/BCR repertoire analyses, serum proteomics, and functional studies in MIS-C where we define features that help elucidate mechanisms of immune-mediated tissue damage. Here's

Taggart Rehnn

TaggartRehnn

Thread 1/On #Covid_19, in France antigen-based tests are very popular. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/coronavirus-la-fiabilite-des-tests-antigeniques-remis-en-cause_4226929.html At one point there were 80 on the marke

The Sharing Scientist

ScienceShared

There is much furore over Ag-LFDs again this week, with the arguments often over-simplified, & even turning toxic.It doesn't help that the government have, & are continuing to, lie their

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

Those who follow me know that alarmism isn't my style. But the new UK variant does have me a bit concerned. I'm not qualified to critically assess changes in transmissibility,

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

Did anyone else ever wonder why the Black Death bacteria was so effective? It has cousins that don’t really do anything exciting. Yersinia pestis has 3 key virulence factors. First

Matthew Noah Smith

MattNoahSmith

Below is a very bad article on Covid testing. It has poor thinking by *MDs* about testing. And yes I, someone who is not a medical doctor, am claiming that

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—U.S. govt is considering giving some people half-dose of Moderna's #COVID19 vaccine in order to speed vaccinations, says Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, in talks w/ FDA. Bold,

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

On March 10, 2020, I addressed the question, "Could Covid kill 1 million Americans?"/thread I recalled my first meeting with President Obama @BarackObama. It was in the Roosevelt Room of

Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

drmusanordin

Present COVID predicament wud have been averted if KKM had heeded SOP:1 Quarantined Sabah returnees who r Super-Spreader(SS) persons 2 Re-tested returnees from Sabah PRN- SS event3 Dealt appropriately with

Samira Farouk, MD, MS, FASN

ssfarouk

1/ Another #immunosuppression #tweetorial...spotlight today on #belatacept today How do you say it? @Babybel @MedTweetorials 2/ Belatacept is the FUSION protein that has been the @NKOTB in #kidneytransplant - having

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