BioTech Africa

06/10/2022

https://www.who.int/news/item/16-06-2022-new-agreement-under-c-tap-aims-to-improve-global-access-to-covid-19-testing-technologies

A new, open, transparent sublicence agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of C-TAP, and South African pharmaceutical company Biotech Africa will accelerate the manufacture and sale of a COVID-19 serological antibody technology around the world. The World Health Organization wel...

26/03/2022

Deltacron has likely spread across borders, which emphasizes the need for ongoing genomic surveillance to keep tabs on how the virus is changing and moving.

29/03/2021

Will vaccines be variant proof?

Some people mount an immune response able to fend off a menagerie of coronavirus variants.

01/08/2020

The importance of mass testing for covid-19

A question central to the Covid-19 pandemic is why the Covid-19 mortality rate varies so greatly across countries. This study aims to investigate factors associated with cross-country variation in Covid-19 mortality. Covid-19 mortality rate was calculated as number of deaths per 100 Covid-19 cases.....

24/07/2020

The reality is that there are very varied antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2. N-protein only is used in many tests to capture antibodies.. In our lab only ~50% of PCR confirmed positives produce anti-N protein antibodies. Accurate tests MUST contain both N-protein and Spike RBD antigens.

The FDA cracks down on test makers as independent evaluations of their products' performance show a need for improvement.

24/07/2020

There is a desperate need to develop accurate COVID serology tests and implement nationwide COVID-19 testing...

Actual cases may be as much as 6 to 24 times higher than reported, but we’re still a long way off from herd immunity.

24/07/2020

we must all play our part

24/07/2020

24/07/2020

love these by Toby Morris and microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles...

19/07/2020

Learn more about the invisible spread of SARS-cov-2 🦠👈

14/07/2020

Did you know covid-19 diagnostic tests are performed using an enzyme derived from an extreme thermophile? DIVERSITY MATTERS