Month: July 2021
The Importance of Using External Controls in Molecular Microbiology
Post Views: 2,730 Quality assurance or QA refers to the quality control activities relevant to analytical procedures conducted in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Quality assurance should incorporate external and internal quality evaluations. Applying quality control devices in molecular microbiology assays is crucial to ensure precise results and proper patient management. External Quality assurance is sometimes…
Use of monoclonal antibodies in fight against COVID
Post Views: 1,485 Monoclonal antibodies are a type of therapeutic agent under research for the treatment of COVID-19. These agents are often created by classifying pathogen-specific B cells of patients who have recently recovered from the virus or by immunizing genetically mutated mice to have a humanized immune system and accumulating effective antibodies from them.…
All You Need to Know about the COVID-19 Cytokine Storm
Post Views: 3,266 COVID-19 is a swiftly spreading global threat declared a pandemic by the WHO. Coronavirus is transmitted via droplets or unmediated contact. It infects the respiratory tract resulting in pneumonia in most situations and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in around 20 % of cases. Fatality in COVID-19 patients has been linked to…