03-07-2020, 06:16 AM
twofeet - Koreans have found antibody to neutralize Covid 19.
http://m.koreabiomed.com/news/articleVie...idxno=7617
Interesting info - basically antibodies known to bind to SARS and MERS viruses also bind to COVID-19 so may be able to use them as a future treatment. However, like a vaccine, this is just the first step - there is a lot needed to scale up and test this idea so it's not going to be of any immediate use.
rainyjim - I need to reread Tangs paper, and look at the SNPs myself in relation to the ORFs.
When I reread the paper with the criticism in mind, it does seem odd to pick just these SNPs in particular and group all the strains around it, and then try to speculate why the groups might have different distributions or virulence without any evidence to support either. A more complete argument against the L & S strain paper was also done by Trevor Bedford (Uni. of Washington - talk about being at the right? place at the right? time )
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1236117809609838592
book any flight with us ... you can change it for free over the next 12 months – any ticket, any fare type, any destination.
Hopefully many airlines follow suit. I'm sure lots of people, including tourists to Hawaii, are holding off booking trips as they don't want to get locked into travel plans that may need to change.
http://m.koreabiomed.com/news/articleVie...idxno=7617
Interesting info - basically antibodies known to bind to SARS and MERS viruses also bind to COVID-19 so may be able to use them as a future treatment. However, like a vaccine, this is just the first step - there is a lot needed to scale up and test this idea so it's not going to be of any immediate use.
rainyjim - I need to reread Tangs paper, and look at the SNPs myself in relation to the ORFs.
When I reread the paper with the criticism in mind, it does seem odd to pick just these SNPs in particular and group all the strains around it, and then try to speculate why the groups might have different distributions or virulence without any evidence to support either. A more complete argument against the L & S strain paper was also done by Trevor Bedford (Uni. of Washington - talk about being at the right? place at the right? time )
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1236117809609838592
book any flight with us ... you can change it for free over the next 12 months – any ticket, any fare type, any destination.
Hopefully many airlines follow suit. I'm sure lots of people, including tourists to Hawaii, are holding off booking trips as they don't want to get locked into travel plans that may need to change.