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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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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 The Stanford University study, which has not been peer reviewed yet and was posted on medRxiv, found that between 2.5 percent of 4.5 percent of people tested positive for antibodies.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.
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 The Stanford University study, which has not been peer reviewed yet and was posted on medRxiv, found that between 2.5 percent of 4.5 percent of people tested positive for antibodies.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.
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.