#Specificity

Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.

KatherineJWu

Wired about LAMP testing, apparently, so a couple quick thoughts on this new at-home test (which requires a prescription!) before I attempt to sleep. 1/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/17/world/covid-19-coronavirus/fda-authorizes-the-fi

L Harris

ladyduckpojok

TRA reversals.They force us to abandon the word "woman", impose dehumanising names on us that reduce us to our organs and functions but when we call ourselves females in an

Marc Daoud

MarcDaoud3

So, a new study based on antibody tests estimated that around 774 thousands Lebanese had been infected up with covid up tilll Dec 15 (when the official toll was 105Th).

Michael Kronenberg

SubBasepair_Res

Interesting Merck valued VelosBio's ROR1-based antibody technology at 2.75 billion with only preclinical data available. VelosBio's VLS-101 is an antibody carrying a spindle poison payload, which is toxic to all

A Defective Jamaican | P.A.P.A.P.I.

joextaposition

I am briefly suspending my self-imposed Twitter hiatus to comment on the PM's softened stance on NIDS. He talks about how he has "learned" from the initial proposal and the

HermisHuman

Andy_Redd

The South African serology results from the @Novavax vaccine trial drastically need more clarification. From the protocol posted in their Phase 2 results it appears they used an in-house ELISA

bue rübner

BueRubner

I always enjoy reading Endnotes, and I've learnt much from it, but it's also often a baffling experience. >https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/endnotes-onward-barbarians How can they describe are all/most contemporary movement

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Rapid Antigen tests for #COVID19 in UK are working! Purpose is to rapidly identify infectious people - that is exactly what they are doing!And doing it very well!With an R=1.4,

We Are The News

wenewsnow

1/3 TRUMP COMMS: IT'S GO TIME[In code] Trump says the message [they] fear most is coming. The 'shutdown' will come thereafter. [They] will say it's a cyber attack. Ten Days

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

It is really tricky to explain and even trickier to prove to readers who have perhaps not so much experience with different languages that just because a word X in

something else arctic

LowArctic

honestly a lotta North American Native folks id’ing as Indigenous / using Indigeneity as a framework is like using a pressure washer instead of a watering can to water your

bearistotle

gnrosenberg

Two related but distinct reasons to regulate instructor-student sex: 1) "Abuse": sex under conditions of unequal power can create *sexual harms.* 2) "Equity": Sex can create differential access (or perception

Alexandra Freeman

alex_freeman

How certain do people think a negative (or positive) COVID test result is? Is that affected by the info used to explain test results?We tested info from NHS, CDC, and

Mike Stone

PastorMikeStone

(Thread) 25 random things I've learned as I enter my 25th year serving the same church:1. The good sermons are never as good as you thought they were. The bad

R. Prasad

RPrasad12

The sero survey carried out in five zones in Pune has found 51.5% seroprevalence, with the spread ranging from 36.1% in the lower bound to 65.4% in higher bound. The

KC Johnson

kcjohnson9

Just in: On the third consecutive 29th of the month, another sweeping Appeals Court ruling for an acc'd student: this time from CA9 (unexpectedly), in @ASU case.CA9 becomes third circuit

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