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Not exactly, but on the right line of thought. Antibody drugs are a common type of drug (think humira) thatbaremt that hard to manufacture (compared to somethin
by vikramkr 6y ago
Not exactly, but on the right line of thought. Antibody drugs are a common type of drug (think humira) thatbaremt that hard to manufacture (compared to something like a gene therapy). And their platform is an antibody design platform, so they've used it to design and screen antibodies to find one that will bind to and neutralize the covid virus. They're not the only ones either, there have been a few discovered so far. The next steps are to move them into clinical trials just producing these antibodies as the drug, no need for finding anything with a similar shape