Coronavirus Spike (S) protein biochemistry part 1: intro, domains, etc.
I found I had more to say about Spike biochemistry, so here it is… Well, here the first part is. […]
Proline performs big-time! Proline-based stabilization of coronavirus Spike proteins
I’ve been watching Olympic gymnastics which has me thinking about flexibility which has me thinking about the most inflexible amino […]
Novavax coronavirus vaccine biochemistry
What are the facts about Novavax? I’ve heard a lot recently about the promising results from a large trial of […]
mRNA vaccines – the biochemistry
Just a biochemist-in-training (who is very grateful to have received an mRNA vaccine)’s contribution to counter vaccine hesitancy… For more […]
mRNA is a normal thing – your cells use it all the time!
What is mRNA? Although the news may make it seem like it’s this new-fangled thing, mRNA (short for messenger RNA) […]
Biochemistry of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
What are the facts about Novavax? I heard that the results from a large trial of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine are […]
COVID-19 vaccine biochemistry, with a focus on mRNA vaccines
Today I got my first shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine! I feel a bit uncomfortable sharing this, because I […]
Viral vector vaccines (such as J&J’s and Oxford/AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccines)
The FDA granted emergency use authorization (an EUA) for Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine. There are *lots* of articles out […]
La bioquímica de vacunas de ARNm
¿Qué son estas vacunas a nivel de las moléculas? ¿Cómo se hacen? Y para responder a la pregunta de mi […]
Η βιοχημεία των εμβολίων mRNA (Greek)
Πώς δουλεύουν τα εμβόλια mRNA; Πώς μπαίνουν στα κύτταρα, και πώς εκπαιδεύουν το ανοσοποιητικό μας σύστημα εναντίον του ιού; Ελάτε […]
