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Do you want to borrow some antibodies?
How one Covid-19 patient's antibodies became a powerful, mass-produced drug to save others.
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Roxanne Khamsi
The future of PCR testing
From a tape-based approach that speeds up results to solar-powered devices, testing for viruses is about to become radically different.
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Roxanne Khamsi
Scary news about Covid—with a happy ending
The virus is a master of swapping its genes to mutate. But this could be its Achilles' heel.
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Roxanne Khamsi
A famous doctor’s cancer mystery
How a lymphoma flare after a COVID shot created a puzzle for a vaccine advocate.
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Roxanne Khamsi
A totally new way to test for infection
PCR, rapid antigen tests and antibody tests have made headlines, but there's a different method to spot infections, and it might detect them earlier.
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Roxanne Khamsi
Double trouble and the 'Force of Infection'
Listen to a discussion about an overlooked pandemic phenomenon, and read about how we catch multiple viruses simultaneously.
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Roxanne Khamsi
X marks the spot — but doctors don't always listen
Why the dogma about genetic illnesses is changing
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Roxanne Khamsi
The COVID risks hiding in our DNA
Many people don't realize they have genetic mutations that make them immunocompromised.
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Roxanne Khamsi
The sharpened theories behind vaccine-related clots
Scientists have a better picture about why these rare blood abnormalities might arise—but they don't yet have a consensus.
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Roxanne Khamsi
Can we make the human genome more diverse?
Scientists want to make a more inclusive 'reference genome' for humanity, but some people are not ready to sign on.
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Roxanne Khamsi
What toxic shock might teach us about kids and Covid
Scientists have found strong similarities between a fatal tampon-related condition and the molecular hallmarks of a complication of the coronavirus.
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Roxanne Khamsi
More evidence piles up for 'rogue antibodies' in Covid-19
“It should make us rethink dozens of diseases, if not hundreds,” according to scientists.
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Roxanne Khamsi
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