#Antibodies

1/JAPAN: Antibodies against COVID19A research group led by Prof. Katayama at the Ōmura Satoshi Memorial Institute of Kitasato University has discovered SARS-Coronavirus-2 neutralizing VHH antibodies with therapeutic potential against COVID-19.

New World Health Organization scientific brief: "There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection." WHO says no

Corey Tapper, MD, MS

I am a physician. I want to help.I'm gay. Because of that, @US_FDA guidelines say I can't donate blood. If I get COVID and recover, my antibodies can't be used

Ross Stalker 🇪🇺🔶🏳️‍🌈🍊🍊🍊

The thing about COVID-19 long term immunity is that it's not just about how long the antibodies persist for but also how useful the antibodies are in preventing re-infection. Just

Iz, screaming in epidemiology

The comments on this are missing the point so to clarify: WHO is not saying that if you’ve been infected you are just as suspetible to the virus as anyone

Midwestern Hedgie

If 20% of New Yorkers have been infected so far, 14,427 deaths on 8.4 million people would imply an IFR of 0.86%. That's wildly worse than what Fauci or I

Eric Feigl-Ding

Trump’s “immunity” is likely artificial & temporary says experts. His synthetic antibodies could actually prevent his body from making own. Regeneron antibodies have a half life of 21–25 days—thus, by

Hey LA Twitter - Is there a way to get a Covid 19 test in LA to see if you have the antibodies to help someone else out with a

michaelmina_lab

In light of the recent article from the UK discussing antibody waning - it’s important to read additional reports that show that while the antibodies are waning, they are not

Moebius Stripper

An excellent question about the accuracy of serology tests. THREAD, WITH SPREADSHEET THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND PLAY WITH!https://twitter.com/delta_vee/status/1260928159521878016 I'm going to riff off this thread about a particular COVID-19

Dr 「サマンサ」Sammie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

I'm rapidly losing my temper with the media. Primary response antibodies are a pisspoor mesure of immunity and the presense of antigen specific T cells are quite literally the entire

Chasten Buttigieg

In every emergency my gut tells me to run to the Red Cross and stand in line, but LGBTQ Americans are still unable to donate blood and plasma in this

Yesterday we talked about genotype, today let's talk about blood group negatives and positivesIf a woman is Rhesus negative-her blood group has a negative sign, O- and she gets pregnant

علي والد الپجیت

Modi has smartly chosen 5th April 9 PM because on this day and time for 9 minutes, the saturn be in Swati nakshatra & the moon will be in the

Breast Milk Could Hold Clues to Coronavirus Protection. This New York City Researcher Wants to Study Yours.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/884pgp/a-new-york-city-researcher-wants-your-breast-milk-for-its-potential-coronavirus-antibodies?utm_campai

Oxford scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in their quest for a Covid-19 vaccine after discovering that the jab triggers a response that may offer a "double defence" against