COVID-19: Severely ill patients can produce antibodies against virus, says study

A recent study shows that majority of people can naturally produce antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 when severely ill with COVID-19 disease. study, published in medical journal PLOS Pathogens, says that neutralising antibodies that specifically target COVID-19 spike protein are found in people recovering from disease. research, carried out by Israeli scientists, says that people with severe and mild COVID-19 disease can produce antibodies that can help immune system fight vel coronavirus. 

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Researchers from Tel Aviv University used molecular and bioinformatics techniques to compare B-cell responses in eight severely ill COVID -19 patients and 10 with mild symptoms. B-cells help immune response in generating neutralising antibodies to fight disease. Researchers found that patients with severe disease produced long-lasting antibodies, while ones with mild symptoms produced antibodies that diminished with time. 

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Cocktail of antibodies can stop spre

Researchers also found that combining different s of antibodies can help in completely blocking spre of COVID-19 virus. study aims to help in developing treatment with a cocktail of antibodies that can prevent spre of COVID-19 and treat disease. "Bioinformatics analysis suggests that most people would be capable of reily producing neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in severe cases of Covid-19," scientists said in ir study. 

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COVID-19 disease is still raging havoc across world since being discovered more than a year ago in China. world has registered more than 109 million cases, with over 2.4 million deaths so far. Scientists have mand to develop multiple vaccines to block spre of disease, which governments are currently ministering to people in all parts of globe. According to Our World in Data, so far more than 175 doses of vaccines have been ministered, with US, China, EU, United Kingdom, and India leing pack. 

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(With inputs from PTI)