Introducing Management Tools to Scientists
Since mRNA is a relatively new player in the vaccine field, I want to give a quick rundown of manufacturing as an explanation of the different types of vaccines and then focus on how mRNA is designed and made to help explain why scientists so sure in the safety and efficacy of these drugs. There … Continue reading How to make a mRNA Vaccine
Vaccines are coming into their own this month and the data is starting to flow with information pouring out about efficacy, doses, and who is going to get the vaccines first. After working for 6 years in a group that manufactures mRNA for research use, seeing widespread clinical use of the molecule is a dream … Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccines, what’s in an mRNA?
It's a week before Thanksgiving and all through the house, every creature is stirring, every dog, cat and mouse. The food was selected and prepared with care, in the hopes that the family would soon be there. The tragedy is that our holidays change, to keep everyone safe we all must refrain. For those who … Continue reading COVID Holidays
Today's blog post is going to look at what's going on with Minks in Denmark that hit the news this week. While the first cases were reported in June, months of additional tracking and sequence comparison led to the conclusion that a variant of SARS-CoV-2 mutated and is now capable of spreading between minks and … Continue reading COVID Minks
This will be a tricky week coming up, so let's briefly chat about how to best protect yourself for Halloween, voting, and the coming season of holidays. When making choices about what you will be doing during the holiday season, it is important to recognize when you will be outside of your bubble. Bubbles are … Continue reading COVID Fall
It's been a pretty busy few weeks for COVID-19 news so it seemed time to delve into a few headlines. WHO and Lockdowns The first recent COVID-19 news that had big headlines was that the World Health Organizations (WHO) had changed its stance on lockdowns, no longer recommending them as a means of controlling the … Continue reading COVID-19 in the News
With each passing week we grow closer to the conclusion of clinical trials and the eventual release of COVID-19 vaccines. Reporting on the details of what actually occurs in each phase of a clinical trial isn't consistent, so today's post will feature an explanation of how a drug goes from an idea to a clinical … Continue reading A Review of Clinical Trials
There's little guidance and a lot of questions when it comes to having school in the days of COVID. It can be difficult to sort through everything especially with a lot of information coming from unreliable sources. To help clear the cloud of confusion about COVID-19 in children, this post will look at known examples … Continue reading COVID-19, Kids, and Schools
News this past week has been full of information about COVID-19 vaccines and the antibody responses of people who have become sick. While some sources take care to explain the information, others are hyping up whatever headline they think will grab more clicks from their viewers. Because of the chaos and conflicting information, I will … Continue reading COVID-19, Herd Immunity, and Vaccines
For whatever reason, this week felt particularly long. While most states are seeing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases there is very little movement to limit the spread of the disease with anything beyond mask orders and polite requests to maintain social distancing. There's a lot of numbers and information being shared around … Continue reading COVID-19 by the Numbers
PMP in the Lab 