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Appropriate Animal Models for the COVID-19 Vaccine

Appropriate Animal Models for the COVID-19 Vaccine

What are the Appropriate animal models for the COVID-19 vaccine? In order to study a vaccine, you have to have an animal model of the disease. Many animals do not get infected with COVID-19 and do not suffer any disease so it would be useless to

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COVID-19 Vaccines (Current Candidates)

COVID-19 Vaccines (Current Candidates)

There are currently 159 candidates for the vaccines, 11 of which have already conducted the human trials and 8 have been approved to move forward with further human testing. Moderna – RNA CanSino Biologics - Adenovirus type 5 Inovio –

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VACCINES – Part 1 – Approaches (Platforms) for Development of a COVID-19 Vaccine

VACCINES – Part 1 – Approaches (Platforms) for Development of a COVID-19 Vaccine

To understand the process behind vaccine development, you have to go back to my section on immunology and recall how the body fends off a microbe. Recall that the first line of defense against a foreign entity like a virus is the innate immunity

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COVID-19 and Heart Disease (Part 7)

COVID-19 and Heart Disease (Part 7)

Stress induced cardiomyopathy AKA Broken heart syndrome AKA Takosubo syndrome There is a condition known as stress induced cardiomyopathy. In this condition the patient can present with chest pain, shortness of breath and have EKG abnormalities

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COVID-19 and Heart Disease (Part 6)

COVID-19 and Heart Disease (Part 6)

Myocardial infarction (heart attack) In my last blogs, I explained that inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or the sac around the heart (pericarditis) can occur as a result of infection with SARS-Cov-2 . However, the inflammation

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