Costa Rican researchers are due to begin trials of a treatment based on antibodies taken from horses injected with SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
Horses are seen in a corral at Clodomiro Picado Institute, before their blood is drawn for a trial to produce a treatment for coronavirus disease , in San Jose, Costa Rica July 5, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
“We are proud to know that this product will save lives until the vaccine reaches the population,” said Alberto Alape, a project coordinator at ICP. Costa Rican researchers say their method for SARS-Cov-2 treatment is based on the experience of using horse antibodies to develop snake anti-venoms.
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