#Viruses

Björn Meyer

_b_meyer

The mutation 501Y, which is present in both lineages from the UK (501Y.V1) and SA (501Y.V2) shows an increased affinity to the entry receptor Ace2. This was mainly known already.

Paul Bleicher

pbleic

1/ Immunology Comix - Summary: 1. Virus must get through mucous membranes, a physical barrier. 2. Innate immunity can destroy virus before it starts. 3. Neutralizing antibodies and memory

Meghan May

DrMay5

I was talking with my colleagues Drs. @KrutikaKuppalli and @KindrachukJason the other day about growing appreciation for sexual transmission of #EmergingViruses. Here I am sharing the text from my Emerging

Darren Markland

drdagly

Ok. Educational thread. #COVID19 #vaccine #strains #Mutation First a caveat. Until we have good data most of this thread is theoretical, but to keep you out of suspense, I believe

John West 🕯💙

JohnWest_JAWS

"Hello, IT? My economy has stopped working.""Have you tried -""Yes.""Okay. Check settings. What does it say under software?""Compatible with EU membership.""Do you have that?""

Jackie Friman 🇸🇪

jackiefriman_

Breaking down the virus myth Viruses are NOT what we have been taught I usually don’t like to give anything related to covid any of my attention and energy but

Gill Dummigan

MsGillD

Spent today on @bbcnwt looking at the different variants and mutations of #COVID19 currently circulating around the north west. This may not interest you but here goes .... Viruses mutate

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

1) Today Boris Johnson announced that the U.K. variant may be more deadly.Once again, we’d like to dispel the huge fear that results from such statements by reminding everyone that

Bob Moran

bobscartoons

I understand how desperately people want to believe that all of this was necessary.For all of the misery, heartache, sacrifice and anger to have meant something. To have saved lives.

Dr. Faran Ahmad ⚕️🆔

drfaranahmad

SARS-CoV-2 is getting all these strange mutations . Do I need to get worried, as the vaccine may not work?? The simple answer is: Mostly Likely NO - SARS-CoV-2 is

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

What makes a “new strain?” A new strain is a virus with a new biological property. Thank you to the #twiv team for explaining it so clearly. A thread. (1/n)https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-696/

Mahan Ghafari

Mahan_Ghafari

Very excited to see my work with @Simmonds_Lab, Oliver Pybus @EvolveDotZoo, Aris Katzourakis @ArisKatzourakis finally out on bioRxiv -- long overdue mainly because 2020 happened!I will try to explain the

The Seeker

TheSeeker268

For those still following the sordid tale: It's more than a year, and there's no trail of the virus until it caused an outbreak in Wuhan. No precursor strains or

Sarah Living on the New Earth

Sarah__RB

What if the virus is not the cause of the symptoms. Viruses are part of the communication system between cells, produced, especially by dying cells to signal that there is

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Viruses infect bodies. Ideas infect minds.The #coronavirus infected our societies because our social immune system against bad ideas is weak. We need tools for science and truth to prevail. FASTER.[1/6]https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/

Ms Understood

pleased2bme

The reason COVID19 is so deadly is because our immune system has never seen it before. 8% of true human genome consists of viruses contracted by our ancestors which is

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