Category: virus and immunology science
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It seems clear that the ancestral virus came from a bat, but there is little certainty about what happened after that. At this point, the only thing certain about the virus is its uncertainty.
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Over the last couple of days, a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech company, Moderna, that is developing a highly novel CoV-2 vax candidate in partnership with NIH, announced positive results in early stage testing of a vaccine that does not use the standard inactivated or “crippled” virus.
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Debunking a few myths about the coronarvirus and disease.
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Is this important? Well, it does suggest that animals that are in very close contact with humans might become a growing reservoir for the virus.
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I provide a summary of what is going on. I first highlight the challenges of quickly developing a vax. Then, I give you a sample of some of these efforts and discuss some of the ingenuity that is going into these efforts around the world.
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The current diagnostic test to detect whether someone is infected with the Wuhan virus is something called RT-PCR. PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, is a way to amplify a DNA sequence that is present in low abundance. It was developed in the mid 80s by Kerry Mullins and it revolutionized DNA cloning and diagnostics.
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A video interview of NIH scientist, Dr. Mikovits, has been making the rounds and is being promoted as being critical of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The title of the 25 minute video is Plandemic.
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At this point, we even need to be careful about “herd immunity” until we know more about this novel pathogen.
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The University of Oxford tested their coronavirus vaccine on six rhesus monkeys and all remained virus free after 28 days of sustained exposure to the virus.
Making Sense of Medical Science (MSMS) 