A newly published study suggests researchers may have found what's been described as its "Achilles' heel." The research shows that a specific portion of the virus could be targeted with vaccines after they mapped a human antibody's interaction with SARS-CoV-2 at "near-atomic-scale resolution," according to a statement from Scripps Research. The antibody was taken from a SARS patient from several years ago, but it reacts to SARS-CoV-2 as well.
The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at five patients in Shenzhen, China, who were deemed "critically ill." The experts found that giving them an experimental plasma transfusion that contained a "neutralizing antibody" helped in their recovery.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763983
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/02/science.abb7269
The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at five patients in Shenzhen, China, who were deemed "critically ill." The experts found that giving them an experimental plasma transfusion that contained a "neutralizing antibody" helped in their recovery.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763983
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/02/science.abb7269
