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California biopharmaceutical company claims coronavirus antibody breakthrough
EXCLUSIVE — A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned.
Later Friday, Sorrento Therapeutics will announce their discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which the San Diego company said can provide "100% inhibition" of COVID-19, adding that a treatment could be available months before a vaccine hits the market.
"We want to emphasize there is a cure. There is a solution that works 100 percent," Dr. Henry Ji, founder and CEO of Sorrento Therapeutics, told Fox News. "If we have the neutralizing antibody in your body, you don't need the social distancing. You can open up a society without fear."
The health care and pharmaceutical industries have been scrambling to develop viable vaccines and antibody treatments as the number of COVID-19-related deaths is expected to hit 100,000 by June 1.
Many medical researchers are scrambling to find antibodies, optimistic that they could provide a remedy or preventative care in less time than it would take to develop a vaccine. Antibody treatments have been used for the past 100 years as a means to stave off infections, but their effectiveness has had mixed results. Finding a successful antibody or convalescent plasma treatment for COVID-19 could present challenges.
"Doctors are taking blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and infusing it into those who are critically ill. The plasma is laden with antibodies, and the approach shows some promise," former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. "The constraint: There isn’t enough plasma from recovered patients to go around."
Some medical experts believe that while antibody research shows promise, there are concerns for how long the effects may last in fighting the virus in an infected patient.
“Antibodies, in general, have been very effective at bringing virus [levels] down if you’ve had a high burden of infection,” Phyllis Kanki, a professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in a recent interview. “There are limitations to how much you can give and for how long.”
Officials for Sorrento Therapeutics believe they have found the key to a successful treatment.
Through their studies, Sorrento screened and tested billions of antibodies they have collected over the past decade. They say this made it possible to identify hundreds of potential antibody candidates that could successfully bind themselves to the spike proteins of the coronavirus. They found that a dozen of these antibodies demonstrated the ability to block the spike proteins from attaching itself to the human enzyme ACE2, which is the receptor a virus normally uses to enter human cells.
Through further testing, the researchers at Sorrento found that there was one particular antibody that showed to be 100 percent effective in blocking COVID-19 from infecting health cells — STI-1499.
"When the antibody prevents a virus from entering a human cell, the virus cannot survive," Dr. Ji said. "If they cannot get into the cell, they cannot replicate. So it means that if we prevent the virus from getting the cell, the virus eventually dies out. The body clears out that virus."
"This puts its arms around the virus. It wraps around the virus and moves them out of the body."
Dr. Ji pointed out that the antibody can be used as preventative therapy since there are no side effects, and that it can be more effective than any vaccine that may be developed.
"This is the best solution," he said. "The point of making a vaccine is to generalize a neutralizing antibody. So, if you already have one, you don't need to the body to generate one from a vaccine. You've already provided it. You're cutting out the middleman."
It was recently announced Sorrento had partnered with New York-based health care system Mount Sinai to develop an antibody cocktail. Dubbed Covi-Shield, the cocktail will be comprised of three different antibodies and, pending FDA approval, will be used as a prophylactic treatment for people returning to work and those who have been exposed to COVID-19.
Sorrento officials said that STI-1499 will likely be the first antibody in the cocktail. They are also looking to develop the antibody as a stand-alone therapy due to its high potency, according to a statement provided to Fox News.
They said that they can provide up to 200,000 doses per month and are looking to produce tens of millions more to meet projected demands.
Dr. Mark Brunswick, senior vice president of Sorrento, said that developing antibody treatments may be more effective in quickly combating the coronavirus. While a vaccine treatment can take up to 18 months, effective anti-body treatment can become available in much less time and with a much higher success rate. He points out, however, that a quick approval from the Food and Drug Administration would be needed to make the antibody treatment available within months.
"As soon as it is infused, that patient is now immune to the disease," Dr. Brunswick said to Fox News. "For the length of time, the antibody is in that system. So, if we were approved [by the FDA] today, everyone who gets that antibody can go back to work and have no fear of catching COVID-19."
EXCLUSIVE — A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned.
Later Friday, Sorrento Therapeutics will announce their discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which the San Diego company said can provide "100% inhibition" of COVID-19, adding that a treatment could be available months before a vaccine hits the market.
"We want to emphasize there is a cure. There is a solution that works 100 percent," Dr. Henry Ji, founder and CEO of Sorrento Therapeutics, told Fox News. "If we have the neutralizing antibody in your body, you don't need the social distancing. You can open up a society without fear."
The health care and pharmaceutical industries have been scrambling to develop viable vaccines and antibody treatments as the number of COVID-19-related deaths is expected to hit 100,000 by June 1.
Many medical researchers are scrambling to find antibodies, optimistic that they could provide a remedy or preventative care in less time than it would take to develop a vaccine. Antibody treatments have been used for the past 100 years as a means to stave off infections, but their effectiveness has had mixed results. Finding a successful antibody or convalescent plasma treatment for COVID-19 could present challenges.
"Doctors are taking blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and infusing it into those who are critically ill. The plasma is laden with antibodies, and the approach shows some promise," former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. "The constraint: There isn’t enough plasma from recovered patients to go around."
Some medical experts believe that while antibody research shows promise, there are concerns for how long the effects may last in fighting the virus in an infected patient.
“Antibodies, in general, have been very effective at bringing virus [levels] down if you’ve had a high burden of infection,” Phyllis Kanki, a professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in a recent interview. “There are limitations to how much you can give and for how long.”
Officials for Sorrento Therapeutics believe they have found the key to a successful treatment.
Through their studies, Sorrento screened and tested billions of antibodies they have collected over the past decade. They say this made it possible to identify hundreds of potential antibody candidates that could successfully bind themselves to the spike proteins of the coronavirus. They found that a dozen of these antibodies demonstrated the ability to block the spike proteins from attaching itself to the human enzyme ACE2, which is the receptor a virus normally uses to enter human cells.
Through further testing, the researchers at Sorrento found that there was one particular antibody that showed to be 100 percent effective in blocking COVID-19 from infecting health cells — STI-1499.
"When the antibody prevents a virus from entering a human cell, the virus cannot survive," Dr. Ji said. "If they cannot get into the cell, they cannot replicate. So it means that if we prevent the virus from getting the cell, the virus eventually dies out. The body clears out that virus."
"This puts its arms around the virus. It wraps around the virus and moves them out of the body."
Dr. Ji pointed out that the antibody can be used as preventative therapy since there are no side effects, and that it can be more effective than any vaccine that may be developed.
"This is the best solution," he said. "The point of making a vaccine is to generalize a neutralizing antibody. So, if you already have one, you don't need to the body to generate one from a vaccine. You've already provided it. You're cutting out the middleman."
It was recently announced Sorrento had partnered with New York-based health care system Mount Sinai to develop an antibody cocktail. Dubbed Covi-Shield, the cocktail will be comprised of three different antibodies and, pending FDA approval, will be used as a prophylactic treatment for people returning to work and those who have been exposed to COVID-19.
Sorrento officials said that STI-1499 will likely be the first antibody in the cocktail. They are also looking to develop the antibody as a stand-alone therapy due to its high potency, according to a statement provided to Fox News.
They said that they can provide up to 200,000 doses per month and are looking to produce tens of millions more to meet projected demands.
Dr. Mark Brunswick, senior vice president of Sorrento, said that developing antibody treatments may be more effective in quickly combating the coronavirus. While a vaccine treatment can take up to 18 months, effective anti-body treatment can become available in much less time and with a much higher success rate. He points out, however, that a quick approval from the Food and Drug Administration would be needed to make the antibody treatment available within months.
"As soon as it is infused, that patient is now immune to the disease," Dr. Brunswick said to Fox News. "For the length of time, the antibody is in that system. So, if we were approved [by the FDA] today, everyone who gets that antibody can go back to work and have no fear of catching COVID-19."
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Everyone knows, the only cure for covid19 is a democrat president.
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And the new 3 trillion mutated pig vomit of a bill brought to you by PigLushi and her merry band of country destroyers.
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Steve Schmidt should be mandatory viewing for all Trump cult members, on a daily basis. Maybe they'll have those at the reorientation camps right-wingers will be hauled off to, once this madman is chased out of the oval office.
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I don't watch douchebags on msnbc..Cult?Madman? reorientation camps?
Yeah good luck with the camps. Whenever you ******* are ready to throw down? Bring it!
Only 4 more years of Trump.
Then Crenshaw takes over.
First of all, I have no idea who this guy is, and why his opinion should matter to me one bit. Just another anti-trump MSNBC talking head, on a known gay bashers show.
Secondly, his words have no basis in reality. The epicenter is in Democratic controlled states, with Dem policies of sending Covid patients back into nursing homes, like they did in NY and PA. It wasn't Trump policies. It wasn't Trump saying to go out and live as if nothing is wrong, like Pelosi and Deblasio. Instead, Trump was shutting down borders, and getting called racist by that blabbering idiot hiding in his basement. Incompetence is plainly on display, when Biden opens his mouth.
It isn't Trump holding this economy back, it is half witted idiots like that Dem Governor up in Michigan, and PA. Where does this guy get his info?
Tibs, you need to get your news from outlets whose reports resemble reality, This guy doesn't pass the smell test of credibility, whoever he is.
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Republicans are not happy with the marijuana provisions included in the $3 trillion coronavirus bill introduced by House Democrats this week, calling out lawmakers for using the word cannabis more than job in the economic relief package.
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Wow and the left tries to call us fascists? Tibs man this is insane. You have finally lost all grasp on reality if you believe this tripe. What kind news are you getting over there? It is so far off reality.
Taking medication for TDS should be mandatory.
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Fascist Fauci views a world where we all will be mandated to have to take a COVID vaccine, even to carry immunity papers.
Likewise, to your point, Tibs and the screaming snowflake banshee left should be forced to take TDS meds, or otherwise barred from public and websites.
I take back what I said.
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The fight over mandatory Coronavirus vaccinations will be brutal and divisive. Will be interesting to see where Trump comes down on it.
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The ultimate lobyist - Gates Foundation Funded BOTH Imperial College and IHME, Failed Model-Makers
Who need to lobby the legislature when you can own the trusted advisors.
and the Vaccine Alliance..
Who need to lobby the legislature when you can own the trusted advisors.
and the Vaccine Alliance..
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It's disheartening, it really is. I have a friend from back in high school who lives in Budapest (and we still keep in touch from time to time) and I mentioned him to Tibs, and Tibs was nothing but gracious and kind in talking to me about him and also offering him to come to one of his restaurants back in the day.
But he's lost his marbles when it comes to Orange Man Bad and there's apparently no going back.
How would they even go about 'mandating' a vaccine for adults? They can **** with children by telling them they can't attend school unless they get vaccinated, most recently with HPV for pre-teens, but what will they threaten adults with? Even HPV can be avoided with religious exemption.
Are they going to tell us we can't work unless we get it? Who many employers will abide by that rule? As fuckface Fauci would say, "not tenable".
Are they going to tell us we can't work unless we get it? Who many employers will abide by that rule? As fuckface Fauci would say, "not tenable".
Can’t and their attempt will be shot done same as with other vacs. Point is that most people, most will get said vaccination as we do with all. Those protecting the ***** who don’t. But get a nice cluster of ***** ie see measles recently in certain areas...boom a cluster.
If I can’t put a Christmas tree up in my town your damn sure you can’t mandate me putting something in my body.
But I would get it. Lol.
I remember stories back in the day, I was to young, that folks carried their std papers. “I’m clean baby” let’s **** bareback.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht: “We Are Absolutely Destroying Our Society, Our Civilization"
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Former Allegheny County Commissioner and Allegheny County Coroner and Medical Examiner for the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Dr. Cyril Wecht says COVID-19 shutdowns and quarantines are destroying not only the economy but also academia, religion, sports and business.
“We are absolutely destroying our society, our civilization,” said Dr. Wecht, during the KDKA Radio Morning Show on Friday.
The forensic pathologist says the measures are not sustainable, in an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this week.
“I lived through Polio and Tuberculosis, and the HIV/AIDS situation, various flu epidemics, Ebola and Zica, and SARS and MERS. We’ve never behaved liked this. This is absolutely too much,” Dr. Wecht explains.
He believes it is time to end restrictions and quarantines and get back to living while at the same time protecting the most vulnerable.
“In the 2018-2019 season, we lost 61,000 people to the flu. Now, that’s less than the 78,000 or so that have died thus far due to corona, but still not an insignificant number, and we did not close shop,” Dr. Wecht adds.
You can listen to the full interview with Dr. Wecht below.
Dr. Cyril Wecht: “We Are Absolutely Destroying Our Society, Our Civilization"
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Former Allegheny County Commissioner and Allegheny County Coroner and Medical Examiner for the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Dr. Cyril Wecht says COVID-19 shutdowns and quarantines are destroying not only the economy but also academia, religion, sports and business.
“We are absolutely destroying our society, our civilization,” said Dr. Wecht, during the KDKA Radio Morning Show on Friday.
The forensic pathologist says the measures are not sustainable, in an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this week.
“I lived through Polio and Tuberculosis, and the HIV/AIDS situation, various flu epidemics, Ebola and Zica, and SARS and MERS. We’ve never behaved liked this. This is absolutely too much,” Dr. Wecht explains.
He believes it is time to end restrictions and quarantines and get back to living while at the same time protecting the most vulnerable.
“In the 2018-2019 season, we lost 61,000 people to the flu. Now, that’s less than the 78,000 or so that have died thus far due to corona, but still not an insignificant number, and we did not close shop,” Dr. Wecht adds.
You can listen to the full interview with Dr. Wecht below.
Post of the year. Of the 'Rona year.
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