Nancy Gough

At-Home Testing for COVID-19

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The currently available vaccines do not prevent a person from becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. They give your immune system an introduction to the virus so that your immune system can respond using both parts: The innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. Without the vaccine and without previous exposure to the virus, your body can only use the innate part to fight the virus. Once you have been vaccinated, then your body has been trained to recognize the virus and the adaptive immune system helps fight the infection too. [Previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 can also train your immune system,…...

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Nancy Gough Nancy R. Gough is the owner of BioSerendipity (www.bioserendipity.com). A Ph.D. scientist with a passion for scientific communication and incredible scientific curiosity, her scientific expertise spans basic research in the life sciences to translational medicine. After 17 years with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Dr. Gough stepped down as the Editor of Science Signaling (a weekly multidisciplinary journal) and launched her company. Through BioSerendipity, she serves as a scientific consultant for researchers, a consultant to scholarly publishers and scientific organizations, and a freelance writer and editor. She has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from the University of Maryland Medical School. After graduating, she joined Johns Hopkins University, first as a postdoctoral fellow, then as a research associate, in the lab of Dr. Douglas Fambrough in the Biology Department. She performed research in cell biology, as well as taught undergraduate and graduate courses.
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