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Youre not going to start giving it to humans based on this study, but comparing it to "x cures cancer" petri dish studies minimizes it a bit too much in my opin
by vikramkr 6y ago
Youre not going to start giving it to humans based on this study, but comparing it to "x cures cancer" petri dish studies minimizes it a bit too much in my opinion. This is a pretty different type of in vitro study than the "x kills cancer cells" type since it's not measuring something that any d compound (or a gun) would be able to do. This is an antibody that is shown in a specific assay to bind to a part of the virus that is conserved between sars and covid, and they're showing neutralizing action. So, you can put a lot more weight in using this study as the basis of a clinical development program to develop this as an antibody drug than your typical "really high concentrations of this chemical from chocolate killed everything it touched in a petri dish so it's good for cancer!" type of studies.