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When a person is infected with a coronavirus such as SARS-CoV2, the immune system produces antibodies against a component in the virus. In the case of COVID-19 infections, the SARS-CoV2 virus is made up of RNA surrounded by spike proteins. The spike proteins latch onto cells within the infected individual and the viral RNA replicates allowing the virus to spread and infect more cells. To combat the coronavirus, the immune system must recognize the spike proteins and begin producing antibodies in response.
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NOV 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech has reported that one of its lead vaccine candidates has shown ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 11, 2020Immunology
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The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has given emergency approval for expanded use of antibody-rich blood plasma to help th ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 19, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
As the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
One of the most puzzling characteristics of coronavirus is how some people develop severe symptoms and die from the dise ...JUL 29, 2020Immunology
Immune systems respond differently to coronavirus infection. People experience the disease causes by coronavirus, COVID- ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 29, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
This week, pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer launched giant Phase III 30,000-subject trials for their COVID-19 ...Written By: Annie Lennon
NOV 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a vaccine used for mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) may be effective in protecting against
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that will hopefully end this pandemic and he
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 09, 2020
Microbiology
Camelids, which include llamas, alpacas and camels have immune systems that generate two kinds of antibodies when confro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Immunology
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, uses its spike protein to gain access to cells, by binding to the ACE2 recep
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 04, 2020
Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2020
Immunology
University of Manchester immunologists are the first to make an interesting observation about the white blood cells of p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2020
Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 21, 2020
Immunology
Over 85 massive wildfires have swept through the West Coast, devastating communities in Washington, Oregon, and Californ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 17, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers may have found a way to identify the COVID-19 patients that will need targeted therapies the most.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2020
Immunology
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech has reported that one of its lead vaccine candidates has shown
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 11, 2020
Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat coronavirus infections in cats shows promise in helping C
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 07, 2020
Microbiology
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs when fluid builds up in the sacs in the lungs that hold air, and the l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Immunology
Researchers in Costa Rica are turning to horses as an unlikely source of potential therapeutic antibodies against COVID-
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has given emergency approval for expanded use of antibody-rich blood plasma to help th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 19, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
One of the most puzzling characteristics of coronavirus is how some people develop severe symptoms and die from the dise
...
JUL 29, 2020
Immunology
Immune systems respond differently to coronavirus infection. People experience the disease causes by coronavirus, COVID-
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 29, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
This week, pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer launched giant Phase III 30,000-subject trials for their COVID-19
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon