#Antibody

Nayyar Ahmed, PhD

Muslim_Scientst

#Coronavirus Thread Part 3 Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that "antibody test is coming in a week or so". What does #antibody mean?#Antibodies are proteins in the immune system that are

David K Smith

professor_dave

Random antibody studies in New York state indicate that statewide, 13.9% of people now have antibodies to the disease. This would mean ca. 2.7M people have been infected. With 21,000

Dr. Dave Stukus

AllergyKidsDoc

Everyone's talking about this antibody test for #COVID19. Here's why:-It's important -It differs from current testing-Our immune systems are so cool!A #COVID19Pandemic Thread https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/health/fda-coronavirus-antibody-

Lucy Walker Lab UCL

LucyWalkerlab

People infected with #SARSCoV2 without noticeable symptoms (“asymptomatic”) can exhibit lung abnormalities upon chest CT. New paper in @NatureMedicine. However, despite no obvious symptoms, they make a robust neutralising antibody

Rishi Goel

rishirajgoel

Our paper on antibody & memory B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 #mRNA vaccines is out @SciImmunology- 1 vs. 2 doses?- What about age & side effects?- Relationships btw/ antibody &

Steve Deace

SteveDeaceShow

Thread on this story from MIT about a German #coronavirus antibody test, which seems to bury its own lead and I think actually has quite promising data.https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/09/999015/blood-tests-show-15-of-people-are-now-immune-to

Liz Wheeler

Liz_Wheeler

Your daily reminder that if we ran antibody tests...We could determine the COVID-19 incidence rate... And true death rate...And if we have herd immunity (or not)...And *accurately* predict future hospitalizations...So

Rasu Shrestha MD MBA

RasuShrestha

Immune response to #COVID19 peaked about three weeks after the onset and then swiftly declined, finds Dr Katie Doores of @KingsCollegeLon "It puts another nail in the coffin of the

Bill Shaikin

BillShaikin

MLB antibody tests: 5,603 tests adminstered, 39 positive (0.7%). The number of positive tests was 60. The positive rate was adjusted after considering false positives and false negatives.

Adrian Aoun

adrianaoun

1/ There's a lot of debate about the accuracy of #COVID tests right now. But the real question is, how accurate do you need? There seem to be main two

David States

statesdj

That 1 in 5 New York City residents has already been infected with SARSCOV2 is a very dark cloud, but there may be a silver lining. It has to do

David Lat

DavidLat

1/ THREAD. So this is FASCINATING.After a life-threatening case of #covid19, and more than a month after shot #2 of the #COVID19Vaccine, I’m barely positive for antibodies.In this thread, some

Peter Staley

peterstaley

Dear mainstream media: if and when @realDonaldTrump starts his #COVID19 victory lap ("I stared it down and beat it back!"), please remember what actually happened. When his own life was

Beau Willimon

BeauWillimon

Time to get tested. Done. Easy. Very little wait time. The testing only took a matter of minutes. Nasal swab and antibody. The staff at the Court St. @CityMD was

Brett Dahlberg

BrettDahlberg

All right, everyone! We all ready for a good old-fashioned Saturday afternoon tweeter thread about coronavirus testing in upstate New York? Here we go!1/? Remember when there were barely any

Michael Walker

michaeljswalker

It's still not clear to me why mass antibody testing would be a game changer, other than for health-workers.Assumption seems to be that mass testing would limit extent of lockdown,