How about that title for deft introduction of gratuitous military lingo into something which has nothing whatsoever to do with armies. That takes years of prac...
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The latest research shows significant reduction in consequences from a Zika infection. We have seen the GMO mosquitos as one form of dealing with that species of mosquito and here we see the other approach in treating anyone who has been infected. (Science Daily: Early study finds antibody that 'neutralizes' Zika virus)
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model "markedly reduced" infection by the Zika virus.
The antibody, called ZIKV-117, also protected the fetus in pregnant mice infected with the virus, the researchers reported in the journal Nature. Zika is believed to cause microcephaly, unusually small heads, and other congenital malformations in children born to infected women.
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The latest research shows significant reduction in consequences from a Zika infection. We have seen the GMO mosquitos as one form of dealing with that species of mosquito and here we see the other approach in treating anyone who has been infected. (Science Daily: Early study finds antibody that 'neutralizes' Zika virus)
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model "markedly reduced" infection by the Zika virus.
The antibody, called ZIKV-117, also protected the fetus in pregnant mice infected with the virus, the researchers reported in the journal Nature. Zika is believed to cause microcephaly, unusually small heads, and other congenital malformations in children born to infected women.
- Science Daily
This is a first step in trials so it won't be close to human trials for some while yet and that's dependent on what comes in primate trials first. It's not a cure but a possible path to finding one and it appears to be a substantial success.
There's no clever editorial or at least any attempt at one and we don't need one. It's good to see the researchers may have this on the run and there's really nothing useful to add to that just now.
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