Superdrug today became the first high street retailer to start selling a coronavirus antibody test to the public and has sold out in a matter of hours. The tests, which are intended to tell someone if they have had the virus in the past, cost £69 and require the user to take blood samples themselves … Read more
Superdrug today became the first high street retailer to start selling a coronavirus antibody test to the public and has sold out in a matter of hours. The tests, which are intended to tell someone if they have had the virus in the past, cost £69 and require the user to take finger-prick blood samples … Read more
An antibody first identified in a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) survivor may stop the novel coronavirus in its tracks. The antibody, called S309, targets the ‘spike proteins’ found on the outside of the virus that are used to invade our cells. Lab tests showed S309 sticks to the proteins, effectively neutralizing them, according to researchers … Read more
An antibody first identified in a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) survivor may stop the novel coronavirus in its tracks. The antibody, called S309, targets the ‘spike proteins’ found on the outside of the virus that are used to invade our cells. Lab tests showed S309 sticks to the proteins, effectively neutralizing them, according to researchers … Read more
‘There is a cure’: California biotech company claims it has discovered an antibody that can block ‘100%’ of coronavirus infections Sorrento Therapeutics of California is set to announce that it has discovered an antibody that can completely block coronavirus Scientists with the company are calling it a ‘cure’ and say the antibody could be used … Read more
‘There is a cure’: California biotech company claims it has discovered an antibody that can block ‘100%’ of coronavirus infections Sorrento Therapeutics of California is set to announce that it has discovered an antibody that can completely block coronavirus Scientists with the company are calling it a ‘cure’ and say the antibody could be used … Read more
Five million antibody kits are on standby for the NHS after a SECOND test that shows if you’ve had coronavirus was approved by officials The new test produced by Abbott has been approved by Public Health England It is the second test to be ratified in two days after one by Roche Diagnostics The Department … Read more
British health chiefs last night finally approved an antibody test, after several weeks of disappointment in the UK’s plan to roll-out the game-changing kits. Ministers are in talks with Swiss firm Roche to buy millions of the tests, which will be given to NHS and social care workers before being rolled out wider. Here, MailOnline … Read more
A new coronavirus antibody test has been found to be 100 per cent accurate, public health leaders have said. Public Health England (PHE) said that last week the scientific experts at its Porton Down facility had carried out an independent evaluation of a new antibody blood test developed by a Swiss pharmaceutical company. The examination … Read more
Researchers from Stanford University have revised their study of how many people in Santa Clara County have coronavirus antibodies – but say it’s still much higher than previously believed. Last month, their analysis found that between 2.5 and 5.2 percent of residents tested positive for antibodies. That meant the number of infected Americans in the county was … Read more