Tag: coronavirus

COVID-19 Tests

by drricky May 25, 2020 No Comments

Before May 14, 2020, Texas reporting of coronavirus test mixed results from two different kinds of tests: the PCR tests and the antibody tests. The PCR test looks for the presence of the genetic material of SARS-COV-2, it answers the question: “Is the patient infected and contagious?” The other kind, the antibody test, looks for […]

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Remdesivir Hopes

by drricky May 1, 2020 No Comments

Remdesivir is an experimental antiviral drug made by the company Gilead. Designed to act against the RNA driven RNA polymerase enzyme in RNA viruses, it was initially tested on Ebola. Since coronaviruses are also RNA viruses, Remdesivir is expected to work on them, too. Published in The Lancet: Clinical trial of remdesivir in adults with […]

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