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From an internal study done at UPMC, there was a 70 percent reduction rate in COVID illness severity for those who had an antibody infusion treatment compared to those who did not receive the treatment according to Dr. Rutul Dalal, medical director of Infectious Diseases and chair of Prevention Control at UPMC in the Susquehanna region.
“Antibodies are cells that are operated by our own body in response to a foreign antigen,” Dr. Dalal said.
He described these antigens as viruses, like COVID, as well as parasites.
The treatment with the particular antibodies will “boost our own bodies immune system to fight against the infection, Dalal said.
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