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A syringe injects an illustrated representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in Paris, on May 18, 2020. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
May 18, 2020, 7:41 pm
SARS antibodies can block COVID-19 infection, new study finds
Research published in Nature identifies 8 antibodies that can bind to coronavirus, blocking its spread, with one candidate showing ‘particularly strong neutralizing activity’
By AFP
A health worker draws blood from a patient for a COVID-19 antibody test at the Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, Florida, on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
May 18, 2020, 2:50 pm
COVID tests 2.0: An expert explains the IDF’s wide-scale serological screening
Immunologist Mordechai Gerlic has started testing soldiers’ blood, convinced it’s the best way to keep them safe from virus during missions
By Nathan Jeffay
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