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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Molecular Diagnostics
Post Views: 2,274 As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide and develops new mutations, precise diagnostic tools are becoming increasingly important in managing and comprehending the disease’s epidemiology. The influence of COVID-19 on Molecular Diagnostics laboratories testing and research for non-COVID uses has been underappreciated but arguably even more crucial since the pandemic. Lack of equipment,…
What are the organs most affected by COVID‐19?
Post Views: 20,657 Coronavirus Infection: How Does It Affect Your Body? A virus enters your body through healthy cells and infects them. The invader spreads throughout your body by making copies of itself. The virus predominantly enters the human body through the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) and transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) receptors and nasal cavity…
Oxidative Stress: Harms and Benefits for Human Health
Post Views: 1,672 Oxidative stress occurs when free radicals (freie radikale) are formed in your body to dominate your body’s defences, this imbalance can lead to cell and tissue damage. Oxidative stress disproportionates the production and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells and tissues and the biological system’s ability to detoxify reactive products.…
An Alternative Strategy for Fighting SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Post Views: 1,106 The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-caused coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) has been more than an infectious disease outbreak. It not only put an unprecedented burden on healthcare institutions, the global economy, and society, but it also pushed the global research community to explore novel treatment possibilities like never before. While multiple…
Which Controls to Use in ELISA Assays?
Post Views: 6,979 What is an ELISA? Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is popularly abbreviated as ELISA and has another name, enzyme immunoassay (EIA), defining the same technology. It’s a plate-based assay technique developed to discover and quantify soluble substances such as proteins, antibodies, peptides and hormones. In an ELISA, the target macromolecule (the antigen) is palsied…
Does a Covid infection guarantee protective antibodies?
Post Views: 1,320 Among the most extraordinary questions of the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic is the toughness of resistance and time to likely reinfection. There is restricted direct information on SARS-CoV-2 long-term immune responses and reinfection. Antibodies are essential for the body’s immune response to infection. Antibodies that neutralise SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, are typically recognisable…