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Re:No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed sever... by raducu on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:11PM (#25258335)
It would be so nice if those people could have access to a coctail of synthetic antibodies that gave some protection to covid-19, the flu and others. Or perhaps a generic antibody that protects against most viruses(unlikely, given such an atibody does not exist in nature).
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Re:No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed sever... by duskwuff on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:24PM (#25258500)
Antibodies don't themselves help fight infections; their role is simply to identify dangerous pathogens to white blood cells. In immunosuppressed patients, those cells often aren't present (or aren't responding properly), so adding antibodies wouldn't help.
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Re:No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed sever... by projektfu on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:39PM (#25258666)
Antibodies also initiate the complement cascade and can thus kill cells directly.
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