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New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests
By NANCY FLIESLER | Boston Childrens
August 15, 2022
4 min read
This article is part of Harvard Medical Schools continuing coverage of COVID-19.
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been evolving ways to evade the antibodies our bodies make in response to vaccination or prior infections. Breakthrough cases have resulted, and antibody treatments that once worked also have become less effective over time.
Scientists have been searching for an antibody that would be broadly neutralizing able to fight off any viral variant that might emerge.
An antibody developed by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Childrens Hospital now seems to fit the bill.
In lab tests, it neutralized all currently known SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including all omicron variants.
[...]
New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests
By NANCY FLIESLER | Boston Childrens
August 15, 2022
4 min read
This article is part of Harvard Medical Schools continuing coverage of COVID-19.
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been evolving ways to evade the antibodies our bodies make in response to vaccination or prior infections. Breakthrough cases have resulted, and antibody treatments that once worked also have become less effective over time.
Scientists have been searching for an antibody that would be broadly neutralizing able to fight off any viral variant that might emerge.
An antibody developed by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Childrens Hospital now seems to fit the bill.
In lab tests, it neutralized all currently known SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including all omicron variants.
[...]
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One for All? New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests (Original Post)
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Aug 2022
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Bayard
(24,145 posts)1. Game changer!
The world hopes it pans out.
Scrivener7
(52,746 posts)2. Great news!
multigraincracker
(34,077 posts)3. Seems all of the medical breakthroughs come from universities and
not big pharma. Yet they use research cost to justify higher prices. I could be wrong, but it seems that way to me.
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)4. Probably works like this:
Pharma donates to university
Pharma gets tax deduction
Pharma gets research results
Pharma gets grant to develop drugs
Pharma gets profit
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)5. And one more -- pharma gets the patents on final production process. nt
I wonder how much $$ its going to cost the patient for the shot
✌🏻
tanyev
(44,517 posts)7. One antibody to rule them all and in the darkness bind them!
Take that, Covid!