Scientists in Russia have developed a medicine based on monoclonal antibodies, which can neutralize the delta and gamma options COVID. The director of the Institute of Academician Alexander Makarov was told at a meeting with Vladimir Putin on the development of genetic technologies, TASS reports.
According to him, using one of the first test systems for analyzing antibodies against coronavirus, in collaboration with the doctors of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) and scientists have developed a medicine based on monoclonal antibodies, neutralizing coronavirus, including options ” Delta “and” Gamma “.
It noted the high efficiency of virus neutralization, which is confirmed by experiments in human cell culture, as well as on infected hamsters, which were injected with antibodies.
“The dose of antibodies, which reduces the viral load of 100 thousand times, is not inferior to the results of the application of the well-known American drug” Regeryron “, – added Makarov.