Patients did DIY blood draws in a new vaccine study
by Nicole Wetsman from The Verge - All Posts on (#624GM)
Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Here's how a research study to test for antibodies might normally go: participants who sign up go to a medical office and get their blood drawn. Depending on the type of study, they might have to go back and forth multiple times over a few months. It takes logistics, scheduling, and too much time in probably too cold waiting rooms.
But a new COVID-19 vaccine booster study tried a new - and more badass and / or gross, depending on how squeamish you are - approach. The study didn't ask anyone to take time out of their day to go to a doctor's office to test their blood for antibodies. Instead, the process was DIY: people drew their own blood at home.
The study, done by Moderna researchers, was checking the antibody levels of people who...