Antibody for SARS -CoV- 2

Het antilichaam kan helpen bij de opsporing en preventie van deze vorm van corona-infectie. Grosveld zegt dat de antistof naast de ontwikkeling van het medicijn ook kan worden gebruikt om een diagnostische test op te zetten. ,,Eentje die iedereen gewoon thuis kan doen zodat mensen makkelijk weten of ze een infectie hebben of niet.”

The antibody can help with tracking down and preventing this form of corona-infection. Grosveld says that besides the development of the medicine it also can be used to set up a diagnostic test. One that everyone can do at home so that people can easily identify if they have an infection or not.

https://www.ad.nl/dossier-coronavir...n-vondst-antilichaam-tegen-covid-19~ae6b1a87/

More in that link, all in Dutch though.
 
Ian Lipkin talked on TV about a small trial of treatment in China with plasma that has antibodies from recovered patients.

Very interesting - optimistic, but difficult to scale up for the masses.

However, I reckon certain individuals may already have got their personal supply of 'antiserum' locked down...
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More info in STAT News: How blood plasma from recovered patients could help treat the new coronavirus
 
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