Absolute Antibody Offers SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies Derived from COVID-19 Patients
News Staff via News-Medical Net – Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, today announced the availability of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies derived from individuals infected with…
Israel Starts Clinical Trial of Plasma-Derived Covid Drug
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – 12 patients are receiving Kamada’s immunoglobulin for coronavirus disease; so far, three patients were well enough to go home from the hospital. Physicians at Hadassah University…
COVID Treatment Offers Instant Immunity, and It’s Already Available
Staff at CBN News – Nationwide, new cases of COVID-19 are declining, dropping 14 percent in the last two weeks. But on the local level, cases are still rising in at least…
Does Blood Plasma from COVID-19 Survivors Help Patients Infected with Novel Coronavirus?
University of California San Diego Health via Newswise – A new clinical trial at UC San Diego Health will investigate whether an old therapy might effectively treat a modern-day scourge. There…
Eating Seaweed Salad May Boost Immune Function
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Eating seaweed salad may boost the efficacy of vaccinations and help treat cold sores, herpes, Epstein-Barr virus, and shingles. Billions of pounds of seaweed…
Should You Use a Self-Swab COVID-19 Test?
Dr. Don Colbert – Is testing the key to moving forward after the COVID-19 pandemic? And if so, what’s the most efficient way for mass testing? Some people believe a…
Antibodies from llamas Could Help in Fight Against COVID-19
University of Texas at Austin via EurekAlert – The hunt for an effective treatment for COVID-19 has led one team of researchers to find an improbable ally for their work: a…
Could You Have Already Been Infected with COVID-19?
Dr. Don Colbert – A few new studies are shaking up the COVID-19 infection numbers and causing quite a stir among analysts. These surveys, which were performed on the opposite ends of…
University of Miami Health System to Offer Convalescent Plasma with COVID-19 Antibodies for Seriously Ill Patients
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine via Newswise – A new initiative by infectious disease experts and researchers with the University of Miami Health System offers convalescent…
The Most Promising Strategies for Defeating Coronavirus
Frontiers via EurekAlert – In an unprecedented effort, hundreds of thousands of researchers and clinicians worldwide are locked in a race against time to develop cures, vaccines, and better diagnostic…
Sweden May Reach ‘Herd Immunity’ in Weeks as the Country Resists Total Lockdown
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – Herd immunity is a form of indirect protection against infectious diseases where a population develops sufficient immunity to a disease that…
68,000+ Americans Recover from Coronavirus – How Survivors Are Giving the Gift of Life
Lorie Johnson via CBN News – More than 68,000 Americans have fully recovered from COVID-19. Now they can help others struggling with the virus. These survivors have something that could…
Penn State Health Hospitals Now Using Plasma from Recovered Patients as Possible Treatment for COVID-19
Mount Sinai Health System via Newswise – Penn State Health has enrolled its first COVID-19 patient into an experimental treatment program called convalescent plasma therapy. Newswise — Access to this…
UC San Diego Health Launches Novel Coronavirus Blood Testing to Identify Past Exposure
University of California San Diego Health via Newswise – Serological tests look for antibodies produced in response to infection, and will help determine who may have potentially acquired immunity to…