An-Najah News - Nablus - Scientists have announced that they have discovered an antibody that prevents the emerging virus from infecting human cells, which opens up new hope for the treatment of this global pandemic.

Scientists from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, the Dutch Erasmus Medical Center and the Harbor Biomed pharmaceutical industry, have identified a possible way to “neutralize” the emerging corona virus.

Researchers have discovered that antibodies that prevent the SARS virus from infecting human cells can play the same role with the emerging corona virus, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Communications.

By testing antibodies against human cells that have proliferated in a laboratory, researchers have discovered one of these antibodies linked to a specific part of both SARS and the virus that causes COVID- 19, according to results highlighted by Sky News.

This discovery could provide a first step towards developing a “completely human” antibody to treat or prevent infection with Corona disease, which has infected more than 3.5 million people worldwide, and has resulted in about a quarter of a million deaths.