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COVID-19 test kits

Posted on 12th April 202116th December 2023 ChrisW

It seems that after an initial frenzy at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when seemingly almost any old test could somehow make it on the market (check out the April news review for comments on

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Spiffin’ coronavirus vaccine

Posted on 20th February 202116th December 2023 ChrisW

The purpose of a vaccine is effectively to train the immune system in recognising and combatting the virus quickly should there ever be a real infection. To do so, vaccines deliver virus components, which are

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Blue Steens in October 2020

Posted on 31st October 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

Check out my latest monthly review! It showcases Blue Steens’ latest posts, some news from biopharma & medtech as well as interesting events I have attended or noticed. At a glance In terms of COVID-19,

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Blue Steens in Aug-Sep 2020

Posted on 29th September 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

Check out my latest monthly review! It showcases Blue Steens’ latest posts, some news from biopharma & medtech as well as interesting events I have attended or noticed. At a glance In terms of COVID-19,

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Plasma vs virus

Posted on 11th September 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

Convalescent plasma (CP) therapy gained FDA emergency use authorisation (EUA) in August. It appears that this is surrounded by some controversy and suspicion of politicisation. Without getting anywhere near politics here, let’s not forget that

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Blue Steens in July 2020

Posted on 31st July 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

Check out my latest monthly review! It showcases Blue Steens’ latest posts, some news from biopharma & medtech as well as interesting events I have attended or noticed. At a glance In terms of COVID-19,

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It’s not an immunity passport

Posted on 11th July 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

I have had discussions lately about the perception that an immunity passport is the same as a vaccination passport. This is not so. The choice of words matters! Let’s explore this from a basic immunological

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Blue Steens in June 2020

Posted on 28th June 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

Check out my latest monthly review! It showcases Blue Steens’ latest posts, some news from biopharma & medtech as well as interesting events I have attended or noticed. At a glance In terms of COVID-19,

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Convalescent plasma chained

Posted on 17th June 202016th December 2023 ChrisW

Last month I wrote about being a mentor for one of the teams at the Stop COVID-19 hackathon by ConsenSys Health. My team was called dPlasma and amazingly won the first prize in the competition!

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