A one-time treatment with monoclonal antibodies reduces hospitalization by as much as 70% to 80% for those exposed to or infected by the virus, says a UNC Health expert.three monoclonal antibody therapies have been granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for people with COVID-19 who are not hospitalized.NC Goes On To Say:When we get an infection, several parts of our immune system fight against the invading pathogen. In the case of COVID-19, one part of the immune response makes a neutralizing antibody, a protein the body makes that latches onto the spike protein that coats the surface of the coronavirus. Once the antibody neutralizes the virus, other parts of the immune system swoop in to dispatch the virus. This general process is part of how people recover from COVID-19.In the absence of a strong neutralizing antibody, the virus enters the body’s cells and replicates. The more this replication process is allowed to happen unhindered, the sicker an individual will get as the virus spreads within the body.
A one-time treatment with monoclonal antibodies reduces hospitalization by as much as 70% to 80% for those exposed to or infected by the virus, says a UNC Health expert.three monoclonal antibody therapies have been granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for people with COVID-19 who are not hospitalized.NC Goes On To Say:When we get an infection, several parts of our immune system fight against the invading pathogen. In the case of COVID-19, one part of the immune response makes a neutralizing antibody, a protein the body makes that latches onto the spike protein that coats the surface of the coronavirus. Once the antibody neutralizes the virus, other parts of the immune system swoop in to dispatch the virus. This general process is part of how people recover from COVID-19.In the absence of a strong neutralizing antibody, the virus enters the body’s cells and replicates. The more this replication process is allowed to happen unhindered, the sicker an individual will get as the virus spreads within the body.
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