by Gertrud U. Rey Throughout the current pandemic, there has been a lot of talk about T cells and their role in protecting against SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease. Some data suggest that 20-50% of people with no prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2 have T cells that recognize SARS-CoV-2 peptides, and that ...

In this short video, I take you through some of the science books on my bookshelf, next to the desk where lately I have been spending a lot of time on Zoom. Not surprisingly, most of the books are about viruses.

Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing by research laboratories in San Francisco, longitudinal observation of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in patients, and listener questions on vaccines, loss of smell, face masks, and more. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 677 (97 MB .mp3, ...

In infectious disease world, the term €œcorrelate of protection€ refers to something that can be measured - antibodies or T cells - which indicates that a person is protected against infection or disease. The correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2 infection of humans are not yet known - after all it ...

In this episode we explain how regions of the human genome associated with severe COVID-19 are identified, the finding that one of these regions was inherited from Neanderthals, and prolonged SARS-CoV-2 reproduction in an immunocompromised patient. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 676 (72 MB .mp3, 120 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! ...