A syringe could soon help in addition to the corona vaccinations: British researchers are currently testing a drug that should help against the corona virus.
Vaccinations
against the
corona
virus have been taking place
across Germany
since
December 27, 2020
.
In addition to the
vaccine
, another drug will soon
serve
as
emergency
protection and
help
against
Corona *
.
British researchers examined in a
study
a medication which currently
virus
could neutralize.
Kassel / London - Since December 27, 2020, the
corona vaccine from
the Mainz-based company Biontech has been administered
in numerous vaccination centers throughout Germany
to counteract the rapidly developing pandemic.
Researchers from the UK are also currently testing a drug as an
emergency protection
that
should help
quickly against the
virus
.
Will there soon be quick help against the coronavirus in addition to the vaccinations?
According to reports from the
Bild newspaper
, British researchers are currently testing
a so-called
emergency protection system
in a
study
, which is intended to prevent a serious course of the disease and thus
help
against
Covid-19
.
The
remedy
is the drug "AZD7442" from the drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, which consists of two different
antibodies
* that
are supposed to
neutralize
the
virus quickly
.
Current corona study: researchers are testing drug as emergency protection
As reported by the British broadcaster
BBC
, the
agent with the
antibodies was
administered in the form of a syringe to ten test subjects who had previously had close contact with people who tested positive at University College London Hospitals (UCLH).
The test results are pending publication, but if this drug is found to be effective, it could
protect
people at
high risk
and
those
at
risk
who have not yet been vaccinated or cannot be vaccinated.
Especially allergy sufferers should inform themselves extensively about the vaccination.
'... The trial, run at @uclh, is looking at whether an #injection of two different #antibodies could prevent someone who has been exposed to #Covid from developing the #disease - or at least from becoming very ill ... '# Covid19 #prevention https://t.co/tmDwHw2njV
- Angad Sandhu (@angadsandhu) December 26, 2020
According to the manufacturer, the drug is able
to maintain
protection for up to a year
.
Virologist and head of the
study
, Dr.
Catherine Houlihan plans to test the drug on 1,000 more people in the near future.
“The vaccination works by donating antibodies.
It skips the phase in which the body does the work to create it, ”says Houlihan.
The virologist also explains that this technique already works for other viruses, such as
rabies or chickenpox
.
Study aims to clarify: Can corona infections be combated with the drug?
The antibody mix should also solve another problem: Since the approved vaccines against the virus initially need a few weeks before complete protection can be established, the
emergency
protection could
neutralize
the
viruses
in precisely this period of time
and therefore a severe
corona disease course
in people that have already become infected.
+
Could a syringe soon serve as a corona emergency protection?
British researchers are currently testing a drug that, in addition to vaccinations, can neutralize the virus and thus contain it.
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© Owen Humphreys / dpa
But
people with immunodeficiency
or
chemotherapy patients
could also be helped with the injection:
Another study
that was carried out at UCLH is investigating whether the same drug can also prevent a person from being infected with corona at all.
However, since the test results are not yet known, this is unclear.
(Alina Schröder)
* hna.de and fr.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Owen Humphreys / dpa
