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Scientists find antibodies that BLOCK coronavirus from spreading further

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posted on May, 6 2020 @ 05:00 AM
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Scientists have detected an antibody that blocks the coronavirus from entering cells

“This is clearly a breakthrough that shows that we are on the right track for the development of a drug against Covid-19,”

Cicin-Sain and his team analyzed 6,000 different human antibodies and found more than 750 that dock with the coronavirus and prevent it from spreading further in already infected patients.

a potentially highly effective treatment

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Great news! Scientists in Germany have discovered more than 750 antibodies that prevent Covid-19 from spreading further in the body. While not technically a cure or vaccine, it would function as a highly effective treatment in those who are ill, and could pave the way towards one. I wonder what implications this may have for other coronaviruses, or other viruses in general.
edit on 5/6/2020 by trollz because: (no reason given)



posted on May, 6 2020 @ 05:14 AM
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hmm - given the numbers involved - this SEEMS quite non-specific - and may address some of the questions regarding all infections having a wide spectrum of mortality - ie the same strain kills one man , but only mildly affects the next woman



posted on May, 6 2020 @ 08:01 AM
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Have seen this more and more of the infection rate is much higher, therefore, we have more people with antibodies already. Ergo it's highly likely a minor issue going forward. Yes still use protocols for at-risk persons and all sterilization and distancing and reassess every 14 to 28 days. Yes obviously the number of cases will spike, but hospitalization and mortality rates will inch lower and lower.




www.newsweek.com...

Blood from 3,300 volunteers living in Santa Clara was extracted from a finger prick and analyzed at the start of April. The Stanford University study, which has not been peer reviewed yet and was posted on medRxiv, found that between 2.5 percent of 4.5 percent of people tested positive for antibodies.

Extrapolated over the county's population of two million, the data predicts that between 48,000 and 82,000 people could have been infected with the virus at that time. The upper estimate is more than 80 times higher than the official case count of 1,000.



posted on May, 6 2020 @ 08:23 AM
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I can't find the article right now but I read this morning that they found corona virus in stupid things like a vegetable. Showing just how humans are not to be trusted and how we should just believe in nature [i.e our own immune system].
They found antibodies?
Yeah, I have antibodies of corona in me and so has everyone who ever had a cold or the flu.
Millions of years of evolution vs a quick human 'remedy', guess who I put more trust in?

Keep the vulnerable safe and just get on with life [which will never be the same as before as it is].



posted on May, 6 2020 @ 10:12 AM
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originally posted by: putnam6
Have seen this more and more of the infection rate is much higher, therefore, we have more people with antibodies already. Ergo it's highly likely a minor issue going forward. Yes still use protocols for at-risk persons and all sterilization and distancing and reassess every 14 to 28 days. Yes obviously the number of cases will spike, but hospitalization and mortality rates will inch lower and lower.




www.newsweek.com...

Blood from 3,300 volunteers living in Santa Clara was extracted from a finger prick and analyzed at the start of April. The Stanford University study, which has not been peer reviewed yet and was posted on medRxiv, found that between 2.5 percent of 4.5 percent of people tested positive for antibodies.

Extrapolated over the county's population of two million, the data predicts that between 48,000 and 82,000 people could have been infected with the virus at that time. The upper estimate is more than 80 times higher than the official case count of 1,000.





The thing is, yesterday the FDA approved their first antibody test. The accuracy of the test used in the this study is unknown, but it was an unapproved test.



posted on May, 6 2020 @ 11:01 AM
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Hate to burst your reality bubble but Antibodies are just scabs.....its what is encapsulated by the scab that matters…..so saying there are 750 viruses is like saying there are 750 different pieces of trash encapsulated within internal scabs we call Antibodies in the body....not 750 different living things.....besides the covid is a Pleomorphic Bacteria in viral size so there are actually LIVE imposters imitating these Antibody covered Capsules of dead inert material mixing together in the body.

You will soon learn of The Great Virus Lie>



posted on May, 6 2020 @ 12:03 PM
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originally posted by: sligtlyskeptical

originally posted by: putnam6
Have seen this more and more of the infection rate is much higher, therefore, we have more people with antibodies already. Ergo it's highly likely a minor issue going forward. Yes still use protocols for at-risk persons and all sterilization and distancing and reassess every 14 to 28 days. Yes obviously the number of cases will spike, but hospitalization and mortality rates will inch lower and lower.




www.newsweek.com...

Blood from 3,300 volunteers living in Santa Clara was extracted from a finger prick and analyzed at the start of April. The Stanford University study, which has not been peer reviewed yet and was posted on medRxiv, found that between 2.5 percent of 4.5 percent of people tested positive for antibodies.

Extrapolated over the county's population of two million, the data predicts that between 48,000 and 82,000 people could have been infected with the virus at that time. The upper estimate is more than 80 times higher than the official case count of 1,000.





The thing is, yesterday the FDA approved their first antibody test. The accuracy of the test used in the this study is unknown, but it was an unapproved test.


Testing really doesn't matter, we were never going to test everybody anyway, they just want enough tests to figure out accurate ratios. All more testing does is add to those that had it, it doesn't necessarily raise the rate of hospitalization or mortality, in fact it will likely lower it considerably. That is also the likely nugget that the Chinese figured out when they pulled back their lockdown approximately 10 weeks in.

We know some people have antibodies, we know people have had it and recovered, we also know people have had it without hospitalization and recovered, collateral evidence points that are way more than earlier suspected. This means that there should be a sufficient amount of plasma which has been shown as an effective treatment to some patients even in the late stages.

google "plasma treatment covid-19" there are loads of articles about plasma treatments of all kinds including those from persons already having CoVid19 and recovering
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posted on May, 7 2020 @ 07:36 AM
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I've only read the forstpage of the thread so far, but there seems tobe a lot of confusion.

The OP (and source article) are not about antibodies specific to this coronavirus. To reiterate from trollz OP...


Cicin-Sain and his team analyzed 6,000 different human antibodies and found more than 750 that dock with the coronavirus and prevent it from spreading further in already infected patients.


This is SUPER interesting, and seems to my not-an-infectious-disease-researcher mind that it may explain the wild variability in severity. Also perhaps lends creedence to the ideal of building and maintaining a strong natudal immunity.



posted on May, 7 2020 @ 07:39 AM
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Remarkable. That's exactly what antibodies do.




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