This article was reviewed by E. Idil Temel, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you would like to follow along. Summary The researchers in this study wanted to investigate and get a better understanding of how the immune system cells respond to mild-to-moderate and severe cases … Continue reading Immune States in Severe COVID19 Cases
Author: M Manolya Sag
A fourth-year Honours in Biotechnology student at the University of British Columbia. Has multiple years of research experience in academia and in government based agencies like the BC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Manolya has plans to pursue a PhD with a focus in viral pathogenesis and maybe even new emerging viruses, and cancer causing viruses.
Investigating T cell Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
This post was reviewed by Dr. Emily Bowman, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you’d like to tag along! Summary Researchers investigated the immune system’s T-cell response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in people who were completely unexposed to COVID-19, people who were exposed to COVID-19 … Continue reading Investigating T cell Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
Cleaving the Basic Spike Protein
This post was reviewed by Dr. Sebastian Lequime, one of our subject matter experts. TL;DR: This group of researchers from Germany investigated the multibasic amino acid sequence in the S1/S2 cleavage site on the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2. They wanted to know how important this sequence is for cleavage and entry. They also found that … Continue reading Cleaving the Basic Spike Protein
Sidebar: How the different kinds of masks work
Over the last two months, many health experts around the world have begun to tell us that wearing a non-medical or surgical mask can provide work to decrease the number of respiratory droplets we may expel1,2. Facemasks, when used along with proper handwashing and social distancing, can protect from COVID-191. An important question to ask … Continue reading Sidebar: How the different kinds of masks work
China Center for Disease Control: Fur Friends and SARS-CoV-2
This post was reviewed by Dr. Scott Covey, one of our subject matter experts. Summary of today’s paper: In this paper published in Science, scientists from the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention examine how well SARS-CoV-2 can transmit to and infect lab animal models, our companion pets, and farm animals. This is an … Continue reading China Center for Disease Control: Fur Friends and SARS-CoV-2