Two leading voices on health issues in the US are skeptical about Russian President Valdimir Putin’s claim that his country was the first to develop a safe and effective vaccine for coronavirus. Putin’s remarks on Tuesday raised immediate doubts about the science and security behind the proposed performance. Dr Anthony …
Read More »To reverse COVID-19, we will need more than antibodies
Winter stop had arrived in Stockholm at the end of February, and Soo Aleman was watching as her fellow Swedes left the capital for ski holidays in Europe. Aleman’s colleagues at Karolinska University Hospital, where she works as a researcher and doctor, came back relaxed and strengthened, with stories to …
Read More »People may have hidden immunity against COVID-19
Research has shown that the immunity of antibodies to COVID-19 can only last for a few months, leaving people at risk for secondary infections. But there is now hope that T cells, the warrior lymphocyte cells in our bodies, may offer some protection against the disease now and in the …
Read More »The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca will publish the results of the COVID-19 trials today.
The coronavirus pandemic is still rapidly spreading worldwide, infecting more than 14.44 million people. With more than 188 countries and territories affected, scientists are competing to develop a vaccine against coronavirus 2 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One of the forerunners in …
Read More »Explained: T-cell immunity in recovered patients from Covid and SARS
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: July 20, 2020 8:12:48 am The study suggests that there is a pre-existing level of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in the general population, the researchers said. (Figurative) Scientists from Singapore have discovered specific T-cell immunity for SARS-CoV-2 in recovered patients from Covid-19 …
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