Potential new treatment from bird flu survivors’ antibodies
May 31, 2007 by Grace Ibay
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Blood from flu survivors is a potential source of bird flu treatment.
Antibodies culled from four Vietnamese infected in 2004, and injected into animal models exposed to H5N1 found that the mice did not get bird flu. An international team of scientists headed by Dr. Antonio Lanzavecchia culled antibody-producing cells from the survivors’ blood and induced the cells to keep producing the immune molecules. The team found that the antiboides protected against bird flu both from the 2004 strain and against a different H5N1 strain from 2005.
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[source: worldlink]
Tags: bird flu, antibodies, therapy
Work for a company that has a new product that can significantly raise the bodys immune capability.
Can also be water soluable and given to animals.
Would this help in treating birds and keeping them from getting the virus.