Coronapod: Why COVID antibody treatments may not be the answer
Nature Podcast
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4.5 • 893 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In the early days of the pandemic, researchers raced to identify the most potent antibodies produced by the immune system in response to SAR-COV-2 infection and produce them in bulk. The resulting ‘monoclonal antibodies’ have since been tested in a variety of settings as treatments for COVID-19.
But despite promising clinical trial results and several therapies having already been approved, antibody therapies have not yet played a large role in the fight against COVID-19. In this episode of Coronapod, we ask why.
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| 1:14.6 | Welcome to CoronaPod. |
| 1:18.6 | In this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest COVID-19 developments. |
| 1:24.6 | And we'll be speaking to experts around the world about research during the pandemic. |
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| 1:37.2 | we've got a vaccine. |
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