by media | Dec 4, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
COVID-19 vaccines are considered the most promising path to curbing the pandemic and are being followed aggressively. More than 40 candidate vaccines are in human trials as of fall of 2020 and more than 150 are in preclinical trials. As vaccines are applying...
by media | Dec 1, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
Lab tests are used as medical devices on urine, blood, and other substances or tissues from your patient’s body to help diagnose diseases or other medical conditions. Doctors use the information from these tests to identify symptoms or changes in a...
by media | Nov 30, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disease that induces elevated blood sugar. In order to store or use glucose, the hormone insulin transfers sugar from the blood into cells. With diabetes, the body either does not produce enough insulin or is unable to use the insulin...
by media | Nov 11, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
A 2019 coronavirus disease prevention vaccine (COVID-19) is perhaps the best chance for ending the pandemic. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19 virus infection, but researchers are racing to develop one. Coronaviruses are enveloped positive-stranded RNA...
by media | Oct 29, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
Antibodies are proteins the body produces when an infection occurs. They attach to a virus and help eliminate it. Antibodies can be monoclonal or polyclonal. A monoclonal antibody is an antibody produced by cloning a particular white blood cell. It is derived from a...
