If you had this disease, you may be immunized against COVID-19

New research found a link between antibodies and coronavirus novel.


Decades before the terms "Covid-19" or "Novel Coronavirus" began to dominate titles around the world, there were SARS, AKA a severe acute respiratory syndrome, a disease caused by coronavirus. The condition has been reported for the first time in China in 2002 and spread around the world a few months. Fortunately, it has been contained fairly quickly and no known transmission has occurred since 2004. However, if you are one of the 8,098 people from around the world who have been infected with the virus, you can have immunity against coronavirus , according to a new study published in the medical newspaperNature.

Can have antibodies that fight coronavirus

In the document, biotechnology researchers via San Francisco and the University of Washington, explain that when considering old blood samples of a person who had been infected with SARS Coronavirus in 2003, they discovered An antibody-S309-in the blood of a person who is effectively blocked SARS-COV-2. When they tried to isolate the antibody, then add the virus, SARS-COV-2 was not able to enter cells and replicate. While scientists have assumed that antibodies would have common points, because both viruses are closely linked, they were surprised to see how potential for the SARS antibodies. The team always tries to understand why S309 effectively blocks the virus.

"Looking for effective antibodies, it's like looking for a needle in a hay boot," David Veeesler, a leader on the newspaper and a virologist at the University of Washington, told theSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. "So it was very exciting because this antibody has the potential to have a high impact of public health."

Can lead to COVID-19 treatment

By using this information, VIR Biotechnology is starting clinical trials on two coronavirus treatments using SAR antibodies.

"In a remarkable way, we believe that S309 probably covers the entirely related coronavirus family, which suggests that even if SARS-COV-2 continues to evolve, it may be quite difficult to resist the neutralizing activity of S309 , "Herbert" Skip "Virgin, MD, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Vir, explained in an accompanistPress release.

"In addition, S309 has a powerful in vitro function, allowing the antibody to engage and recruit the rest of the immune system to kill cells already infected. We have seen in animal models other respiratory infections, such as influenza, such as influenza. The function greatly improves the activity of antibodies that already neutralize potentially. "

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