Image credit: “Person Smoking Cigarette” by fotografierende is under the Pexels License. This article was reviewed by Dr. Phil Lange, one of our subject matter experts. This study was conducted by researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL:DR; Researchers compared … Continue reading Up in Smoke with COVID-19
Author: Ryan Chan
Hi, my name is Ryan Chan, I’m a fourth-year biotechnology student at UBC. My lab experience is primarily in molecular genetics and neuroscience, but I have a passion for virology and experience in scientific communication. This, coupled with our current crisis, motivated me start writing these articles to help others understand COVID-19 and the scientific journey of unraveling its secrets.
PAC-MAN vs. COVID-19
Image credit: "Pacman Games" by Piotr Siedlecki is under a CC0 Public Domain license. This study was conducted by researchers from Stanford University. This post was reviewed by Dr. Phil Lange, one of our subject matter experts. TL;DR: Stanford researchers investigated using PAC-MAN, a technique that destroys virus genes, to attack SARS-CoV-2. PAC-MAN was shown … Continue reading PAC-MAN vs. COVID-19
National University of Singapore: How COVID-19 Uses Your Immune Response Against You
This post was reviewed by Dr. Brett Finlay from UBC- one of our subject matter experts. Image credit: "Defense Protection Threat Free Photo" by Bru-nO is in the public domain. The paper that we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you want to follow along. Our immune system is what keeps us safe from … Continue reading National University of Singapore: How COVID-19 Uses Your Immune Response Against You
University of Hong Kong: Switching Up the Swab Test
Image credit: "State Public Health Laboratory in Exton Tests for COVID-19" by governortomwolf is under a CC BY 2.0 license. The paper that we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you want to follow along. Our main test for COVID-19 is the swab test, where a long swab is used to take a sample from … Continue reading University of Hong Kong: Switching Up the Swab Test
University of Hong Kong: A New and Improved COVID-19 Test
This post has been reviewed by one of our faculty experts, Dr. Scott Covey of UBC Biochemistry Image credit: "An image of the CDC's COVID-19 diagnostic panel" by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the public domain Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CDC_COVID-19_test_kit.jpg, The paper that we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you want to follow along. … Continue reading University of Hong Kong: A New and Improved COVID-19 Test
