- 2020.12.11
- antibody, at home diagnostic test, coronavirus, covid-19, lateral flow assay, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, viruses
Recently I had a false positive PCR result for SARS-CoV-2. To confirm that I was not infected, I did an assay for viral antibodies in my blood using a rapid, at home, lateral flow assay. In this video I explain how the assay works and what my results... Read More | Share it now!
- 2020.11.23
- antibody, b cells, coronavirus, covid-19, immune memory, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, t cells, viral, virology, virus, viruses
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, and Shane Crotty explains a study of antibodies, B cells and T cells in patients which suggests that immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 might be long-lived.
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- 2020.09.26
- antibody, antigen, biointeractive, coronavirus, covid-19, envelope, hhmi, howard hughes medical institute, mutation, Replication, RT-PCR, SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), spike protein
This animation describes the structure of coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 and how they infect humans and replicate inside cells.
To view the rest of this series on SARS-CoV-2, go to the full playlist at: To view the other two animations in the series,... Read More | Share it now!
- 2020.08.31
- antibody, antigen, biointeractive, coronavirus, covid-19, envelope, hhmi, howard hughes medical institute, mutation, Replication, RT-PCR, SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), spike protein
This animation describes how coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 evolve and discusses positive, negative, and neutral mutations.
To view the rest of this series on SARS-CoV-2, go to the full playlist at: To view the other two animations in the series, use... Read More | Share it now!