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2021-11-10 Science & Technology

Luciferase, an enzyme produces bioluminescence is used in the COVID vaccine process and antibody test

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Posted by Woodrow 2021-11-10 00:25|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 link is broken...

Posted by 49 Pan 2021-11-10 02:06|| 2021-11-10 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The link works for me, 49 Pan.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-11-10 03:29|| 2021-11-10 03:29|| Front Page Top

#3 AH yes, radium girls;

Posted by Dale 2021-11-10 03:44|| 2021-11-10 03:44|| Front Page Top

#4 I wondered when this would happen. Drug shortages.

Posted by Dale 2021-11-10 04:08|| 2021-11-10 04:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Because it means "light bringer". Its a stupid language joke.

And what does it have to do with radium? Bioluminescence is a chemical process, not nuclear.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-11-10 06:11|| 2021-11-10 06:11|| Front Page Top

#6 ^green indicator.

Posted by Dale 2021-11-10 12:20|| 2021-11-10 12:20|| Front Page Top

#7 First time I heard the word "luciferase" was in the context of fireflies and how they manage that bio-luminescence trick. Fifth grade science.

Binding luminescent markers to a chemical of interest is a pretty standard assay technique. It has fuck-all to do with Satan, but I do enjoy the hysteria.

Posted by SteveS 2021-11-10 12:34|| 2021-11-10 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 What's in a name?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2021-11-10 12:40|| 2021-11-10 12:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Etymology is neat.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-10 15:06|| 2021-11-10 15:06|| Front Page Top

#10 /\ A few years back there was a controversy on the plural of 'virus' -- was it Virii (virus was the Latin word for 'poisonous') or Viruses? The Professional Society for Scientific Latin (volunteers but someone needs to do it) opined: the new word was coined for a thing and the original Latin word described a quality -- Q.E.D. Viruses is the proper word.

Posted by magpie 2021-11-10 16:37|| 2021-11-10 16:37|| Front Page Top

#11 Forget the name, that is trivial.

One question I still have is can this potentially artificially raise the antibody count?

Posted by Woodrow 2021-11-10 19:43|| 2021-11-10 19:43|| Front Page Top

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