Antibody injections could fight COVID-19 infections – an infectious disease expert explains the prospects
- Written by Dimiter Stanchev Dimitrov, Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Antibody Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
Antibodies (pink) attacking a virus particle (blue).STEVEN MCDOWELL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYAntibodies are part of us – literally.
We have billions of them in our bodies with a combined weight of about 100 grams, or about the weight of a bar of soap. If there are so many antibodies inside our bodies then they must be safe and very important,...