This is neatly defined by Corum and Zimmer in the New York Times. Each coronavirus contains nearly 30,000 letters of RNA. This genetic information allows the virus to infect cells and hijack them to make new viruses. As an infected cell builds new...
A study published in the Clinical Medicine Journal of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom by Robinson and others in March 2021 compared the use of the Roche and Abbott assay for antibodies amongst a large cohort of healthcare workers in Southern...
Half of cervical cancer deaths in England now occur in women aged over 65. Most women in the NHS cervical screening programme aged over 65 have never had a test for human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV testing of cervical samples has now replaced cytology for primary...
Professor Justin Stebbing in his weekly science update looks at the current research. The risk of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly lower amongst patients who had received at least one dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine compared to an...
An interesting article published in PLOS1 March 15th 2021 by Hoben and others reviewed this question. They analysed CCTV clips to assess people’s behaviour in public spaces. They concluded that compliance with social distancing directives...
An interesting commentary published in The Lancet March 12th by Benedict and Cedernaes discusses this issue. Within an extraordinarily swift timeframe vaccines to control the COVID-19 pandemic have been developed using either an mRNA protein subunit or...
