- A new type of coronavirus treatment could give COVID-19 patients relief.
- Scientists in China injected antibodies isolated from recovered coronavirus patients and injected them into mice that still had an infection.
- The researchers say the treatment reduced the viral load by a factor of 2,500, which is incredibly dramatic.
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Ever since the novel coronavirus pandemic began in earnest, spreading across China and then jumping borders to just about every country on Earth, we’ve wanted one thing: a vaccine. Researchers around the planet are working on various vaccine candidates right at this very moment, but vaccine development is often a slow and complicated process.
Now, a Chinese laboratory says it has developed a drug that may stop the virus in its tracks without the need for a vaccine. It’s currently being tested at Peking University, and if it proves to be safe and effective we may not have to wait for a vaccine in order to feel a bit safer in the midst of the pandemic.
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