Cure For Dengue Fever,Knowledge Encyclopedia
There’s currently no cure or specific treatment for dengue fever, or its more serious forms, dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. A patient’s own immune system must fight the viral infection, and this could take about two weeks.
But a new antibody-based medicine being developed by researchers in Singapore could soon help patients with dengue clear their infection within hours. And what’s more, any Aedes aegypti mosquito that bites them would not spread the infection to the rest of their family.
READ MORE: https://cna.asia/3DYQLZW
In 2012, Associate Professor Paul MacAry and his team from the Immunology Translational Research Programme at the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) isolated a human antibody after screening “literally hundreds of millions” of antibodies derived from individuals who had recovered from dengue, he recounted.
“We saw this outlier, this antibody that appeared to kill the virus within a few hours, and it did it at concentrations that were much lower than any of the other antibodies we isolated,” said MacAry, who is also the director of the NUS’ Life Sciences Institute.
The researchers initially thought it was a mistake, but repeated tests showed otherwise. “The potency is off the charts,” MacAry said.
Today, the scientists have not only isolated antibodies to all four dengue serotypes but also made kilogrammes of these substances and are gearing up for clinical trials of the four “super potent” medicines. According to MacAry, the medicines his team are developing would be the most potent therapy for dengue that currently exists.
Cure For Dengue Fever,Knowledge Encyclopedia
-
1:47:12
Kim Iversen
5 hours agoWhat Has Hamas and Israel Really Achieved Since Oct 7th? | More Creators Ripped Off YouTube For “Hate Speech"
29.7K32 -
6:34
Colion Noir
3 hours agoCan You Shoot Someone Attacking You With A Shovel? The Truth About Deadly Force
13K17 -
1:34:33
Glenn Greenwald
6 hours agoOct. 7: Whose Lives Matter Most & Least In The Middle East? Hillary Latest Dem To Demand Online Censorship | SYSTEM UPDATE #348
58.3K128 -
1:07:48
Donald Trump Jr.
10 hours agoSpeak Up America, Interview with Comedian Rob Schneider | TRIGGERED Ep.180
115K136 -
LIVE
We Like Shooting
13 hours agoWe Like Shooting 579 (Gun Podcast)
344 watching -
0:19
TheMonicaCrowleyPodcast
7 hours agoTOMORROW OCTOBER 8th VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE JD VANCE JOINS THE MONICA CROWLEY PODCAST
5.93K -
53:47
LFA TV
1 day agoTrump’s Triumphant Return to Butler | Trumpet Daily 10.7.24 9PM EST
15.6K4 -
1:28:40
Tundra Gaming Live
12 hours agoThe Worlds Worst Horror Streamer Plays Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatered
22.3K -
1:09:46
Patriots With Grit
6 hours agoMicro Schools: Rescuing Kids From Woke Education | David Hazel
24.6K1 -
1:33:19
Sticker Mule
5 hours agoTrump Sign Lighting Party
45K12