In the first of a three-part series on the design, immunology and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, we take an early look at the major technologies under development and weigh-up the challenges these vaccines will face in reaching late-phase clinical trials. Why We...
RT-PCR is the workhorse of viral diagnosis and has been invaluable in COVID-19 case confirmation and isolation guidance. However, while fast and sensitive, PCR suffers from some inherent drawbacks that limit it to diagnosis during the acute phase of infection. To...
