We could be facing a turning point.
A group of US scientists claim to have discovered an antibody that “completely neutralizes” the coronavirus: according to what reported by the Daily Star, it would be an antibody component 10 times smaller than a life-size antibody from which a drug called Ab8 would have been developed
The discovery was made by a team from the University of Pittsburgh and was released through a report published Monday in the journal Cell (however, we were unable to find any trace of the research on the official website of the scientific journal).
The hope is that the aforementioned drug may have a preventive effect against SARS-CoV-2.
According to the report, the drug was tested on infected mice and hamsters and was found to be “highly effective in the prevention and treatment” of the disease: the mice given Ab8 had in fact 10 times fewer viruses than those that were not. been administered.
John Mellors, head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh, said, Ab8 not only has potential as a therapy to fight Covid, but it could also be used to prevent people from contracting coronavirus infections. The larger antibodies have worked against other infectious diseases and have been well tolerated, giving us hope that they will be useful for effective treatment for patients with Covid and for the protection of those who have never had the infection and not. they are immune “.
Also according to the report, the drug would have been tested by two other teams who would have discovered how it blocks the entry of the virus into cells.
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