[LINK] Perfect if Taiwan won the race

[jwhit at internode.on.net]

So are HIV antivirals. I'll take it. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Robertson-Dunn" 
To:
Cc:
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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