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Joey
DrJoyeeta
Why we get false negative tests:The diagnosis of COVID19 using RT PCR method is made based on the threshold cycle (Ct) value. Ct is defined as the cycle number when
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Leonardo Ferreira
enhancerleo
"SARS-CoV-2 infects T cells"? They DON'T use #Tcells, they use a T cell line & #flowcytometry NOT PROPERLY ANALYZED: all cells negative after viral transduction, they just drew a gate
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Cillian De Gascun
CillianDeGascun
A short thread on PCR #SARSCoV2 There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the use of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) for the diagnosis of #SARSCoV2 infection, and the interpretation
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Paul Stamatiou
Stammy
Some tips for finding a with my experience looking at diamonds over the last year+.1) Only buy onlineAt first I thought buying in person at a trusted jeweler
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MackayIM
In the spirit of filling those with no PCR experience in. This is a lunchtime thread showing the progress of a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-rPCR) "run".The thing being
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Laura Stirchak
lstirchak
My love for research has really died out over the course of my PhD. Or, I should say, my drive to do my own research. I have been really worried
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Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)
GertrudRey
Why do some recovered COVID-19 patients test positive again after testing negative? Do these patients really become “re-infected”? (Spoiler alert: probably not). A thread. (1/n) The answer to this question
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Shravanti Suresh
shra_krishna
1/nI made a list of #COVID-19 diagnostic tests that use #CRISPR-Cas technology and summarized the pre-prints! Also includes papers/articles that propose CRISPR-Cas based COVID-19 treatments. I might have missed some
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Adrianne BLACK POWER-ACAB
Chicadrianne
#BlackInChem & #BlackinBiological TAP IN!! My undergrad project was on a ubiquitin-like protein called UFM1 (ubiquitin fold modifier 1) from Leishmania donovani (Ld). Ld is a parasite that causes leishmaniasis.
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Int. Society of Nephrology
ISNkidneycare
In celebration of the #ISN60years, the ISN Research Working Group will publish a monthly series, “Breakthrough Discoveries”. This series will highlight 60 + 1 historical discoveries of significant impact to
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
THREAD: Maybe you’ve heard about Ct values in the qPCR test and viral loads. So what’s a Ct value, why is higher Ct a lower viral load, what’s it have
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NotTheMacAnon
NotTheMacAnon1
Bill Gates On Covid Vaccine Timing, Hydroxychloroquine, and That 5G Conspiracy Theoryhttps://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-bill-gates-covid-vaccine/ Wearing a mask? Simulated diagram of phase mask with outring topological chargel 1
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Fatima Tokhmafshan (she/elle) 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
DeNovo_Fatima
𝟏 A on: Reverse Transcription-quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR) currently used to detect #SARSCoV2 Cycle Threshold (CT) & what it means#scicomm #COVID19 𝟐 RT-qPCR is a common lab technique
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Maurice Lee
Maurice_Y_Lee
[rant alert]During my PhD journey, I struggled a lot with motivation.An unnamed postdoc once commented to me, "if publishing a paper doesn't motivate you, I don't know how to motivate
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The WATSON Project
WATSONpstar
So...here's a little science story. We drilled deep into the ice at Summit Station Greenland and saw stuff that glowed with a UV laser. Here is a pic in NASA's
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David Sinclair, PhD
davidasinclair
Getting back to normal life will require knowing who is immune to #coronavirus and who isn't. Here's a thread on how #COVID19 tests work, how long after a #Covid_19 infection
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