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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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JUN 11, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
As of June 10th 2021, 43% of people in the US aged 12 and over have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with 5
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 08, 2021
Immunology
Genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged over the course of the pandemic, threatening public health efforts to limit
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 03, 2021
Immunology
Nanobodies are small fragments of monoclonal antibodies that from a therapeutic perspective are more stable and cheaper
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 26, 2021
Microbiology
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little doubt that the virus emerged somewhere in or around Wuha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2021
Immunology
A new study indicates that delaying the second “booster” dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine (to 11-12
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 18, 2021
Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered an antiviral drug that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting lung cells. Promi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 12, 2021
Immunology
Teams of science experts from numerous disciplines have been collecting data on SARS-CoV-2 for over a year to understand
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
MAY 10, 2021
Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world in devastating ways, taking hundreds of thousands of lives & new var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2021
Immunology
New research has revealed that COVID-19 vaccines may not work as effectively in those whose immune systems have been neg
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 04, 2021
Immunology
There are currently five variants of concern in the U.S., genetically distinct forms of the COVID-causing coronavirus th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sugar is something sweet to add to your food, but just like fat, different types of sugars play important roles in biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2021
Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
APR 27, 2021
Immunology
University of Oxford scientists have developed a vaccine against malaria, which they describe as having “unprecede
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Johns Hopkins have found that the mRNA Covid vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna not only work wit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 22, 2021
Immunology
If you’re young and healthy and you’ve had COVID, your body will produce protective antibodies that guard yo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 21, 2021
Immunology
Genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have emerged and tightened their grip on global communities as the pandemic rag
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 20, 2021
Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 16, 2021
Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Immunology
Good news for families of newborns: A new study shows that breastfeeding mothers who receive a COVID vaccine share prote
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 13, 2021
Immunology
Purdue University researchers have made a breakthrough finding that could explain why the disease is so hard to manage t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 01, 2021
Immunology
After COVID infection, there’s a spectrum of diversity in how long antibodies against the coronavirus hang around&
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 23, 2021
Microbiology
Recent work has shown that SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that are carried by a pregnant woman can cross the placenta and reach t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2021
Immunology
It is estimated that around one in five people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will not show any infection symptoms. Some of th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 18, 2021
Immunology
Immunologists have revealed one of the underlying mechanisms behind COVID’s life-threatening cytokine storms. By s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes