[LINK] Perfect if Taiwan won the race
jwhit at internode.on.net
jwhit at internode.on.net
Fri May 29 18:40:36 AEST 2020
So are HIV antivirals. I'll take it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Robertson-Dunn"
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Sent:Fri, 29 May 2020 18:02:25 +1000
Subject:Re: [LINK] Perfect if Taiwan won the race
On 29/05/2020 4:29 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A team of scientists at Taiwan's Chang
Gung
> University (CGU) has found a monoclonal antibody (mAb) that can
> inhibit the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) by over 90 percent.
Monoclonal antibodies are not a silver bullet: At best they are a
temporary solution until a vaccine is found.
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/27/monoclonal-antibodies-for-the-coronavirus
[...] a particularly interesting possibility is giving them to people
who aren’t infected yet, as a preventative. If the antibodies are
potent
enough and long-lasting enough in circulation, they could provide
sufficient protection for weeks or possibly up to several months (and
this would take effect immediately upon injection, as opposed to the
immunological time lag seen in vaccination). This will take some hard
work and close observation to realize, and there could well be
variability in the patient population that you’re dosing (i.e.,
some
people might lose such protection faster than others). But until a
reliable vaccine is deployed, it’s a very appealing idea – and if
the
various vaccine efforts underway run into trouble, it might be our
only
option for a while.
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Regards
brd
Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email: brd at iimetro.com.au
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