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Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice (voanews.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the fighting-infections dept.

An anonymous reader quotes VOA News: Chinese researchers have identified broadly neutralizing human antibodies from a Zika patient that protected mice against infection with the mosquito-borne illness. The substances are part of a growing arsenal of antibody-related treatments to fight the disease, which causes severe birth defects in babies... Unlike other Zika-neutralizing antibodies that have been isolated from human patients, the newly-discovered antibodies only target the virus.

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  1. Thats great by rossdee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its about time we did something for the mice
    after all we've been using them for a couple of centuriesMaybe they will buy us a new planet if the old one gets destroyed by Vogons

  2. Go China! by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Technology advance by one country helps all countries.

    --
    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  3. Re:but it will cause by johannesg · · Score: 2

    It starts compiling Linux kernels and debating the relative merits of vi and emacs.