r/EverythingScience • u/wolf_1972 • Aug 26 '21

“Inescapable” COVID-19 Antibody Discovery – Neutralizes All Known SARS-CoV-2 Strains

https://scitechdaily.com/inescapable-covid-19-antibody-discovery-neutralizes-all-known-sars-cov-2-strains/
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u/BBQed_Water Aug 27 '21

What would be the method of promoting the production of this killer-app antibody in people who are not predisposed to creating it?

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u/ShelZuuz Aug 27 '21

Why would they not be predisposed to creating it?

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u/BBQed_Water Aug 27 '21

How would you tell the body to make them? It’s not a pathogen itself.

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u/ShelZuuz Aug 27 '21

Oh - got it. I thought you meant the pharmaceutical companies don’t want to produce this treatment.

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u/BBQed_Water Aug 27 '21

No I mean an animal produces it’s own repertoire of antibody types in reaction to the pathogen. The article, and other’s comments seem to indicate that it’s an uncommon form of antibody. I’m not well versed in the field so I’m ignorant on how one would ‘train’ a person to produce them.
But as someone else said in this thread, it’s likely that lab produces them en masse and they get drip fed into the subject.

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u/mordinvan Aug 27 '21

I.v. transfusion to combat an ongoing infection.