#Antigens

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

We want to share a new resource with followers of this project: a knowledge base for SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing: https://airtable.com/shrGVEvpWp12RyLAI.Thanks to our friends at @airtable for the free Pro plan.

Ali Iqbal

AliMomin2274

This article seems interesting! Narinder Kumar is a immunologist! 50 deaths were recorded so far in India! out of 50 deaths, 2 patients were 25 and 38 years old, one

Michael Kronenberg

SubBasepair_Res

Just thought I'd clarify my thesis on current $PDSB trial: New research has made it clear that interferon-y release by T cells in TME is critical for anti-tumor immune response.

Ellie Barnes

EleanorBarnesOx

Profiling women at Oxford Uni contributing great science to tackle the COVID pandemic.#1: Ane Ogbe -post doctoral scientist. Developing proliferation assays against SARS-CoV2 antigens-key to understanding T cell memory and

Vathany

KVathany

#COVID19 Serology (aka. #antibody) testing is a popular topic. Here is a tweetatorial on where things stand today in Ontario. As @UHN’s Deputy Division Head for Biochemistry, test validation and

Vinamra

Duneemperorpaul

The #IslamophobicIndianMedia is creating a NATIONAL AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE#FreeKaGyan In an AUTO-IMMUNE disease, the body's immune system fails to understand the difference between healthy cells and the antigen, and ends up

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

This is a cautionary tale of how anti-Spike antibody may make COVID disease worse. In this study, the authors show that anti-Spike IgG made SARS-CoV disease worse by switching macrophage

Benny Borremans

bennyborremans

How do antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 rise and decay after infection, when can they be detected? And when can RNA be detected in respiratory tract and other samples? These questions are

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

Let's talk about *window period* and how it makes everything in diagnostics complicated and difficult.Window period is the time between infection and when a diagnostic test becomes useful. This is

Benjamin Mazer

BenMazer

Sorry, I’m going to be a little sassy.If you repeat for months that antigen tests are a “test of infectiousness,” you can’t turn around and be surprised or upset when

Baylor Scott and White Infectious Disease

BSWHTemple_ID

Case!55 YO resp failure, persistent cough, fatigue was being worked up for ILD as an outpatient. Admitted to the hospital with abnormal Xray/CT findings. No weight loss, anorexia. H/O sandblasting

David Maizenberg

biologypartners

"The need to assess the potential of vaccine candidates to inadvertently worsen future coronavirus infections through a process called antibody-dependent enhancement was a major topic of discussion" https://www.biocentury.com/arti

Renu Bindra FFPH #IHR_strengthening

RenuBindra

So many friends/family asking me about testing for #COVID19. Here’s my attempt to explain using semi-friendly language. Not one for the purists!1. To understand testing, it’s important to understand a

MDFiscusMD

drfixus

Thread:The list of anti-vax claims gets longer by the day, but none are supported by research (which is quite different from “search”). Take a moment to think about their talking

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iiwinchesterxii

random science related questions hehehe quote with ur answers If no one answers, my math teacher posted this 1. Which pathogen causes malaria? 2. Diamond and graphite are called

vDarkness Falls

VDarknessF

[Owl] >W.H.O = Bill Gates + Evil cohorts[Y] Signifies Dr Fauci NIAID + NIH + Evil cohortsMASSIVE Grouptank evil agenda against EVERY COUNTRIES CITIZENS Who wears them???EXPLAINED (Rough draft +