Coronavirus Antibody Test

Eli Lilly and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. are asking the US government to allow emergency use of their antibody drugs, which aim to help the immune system clear the virus. Photo: AP
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Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for Covid-19

Eli Lilly and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc are asking the US government to allow emergency use of their antibody drugs, which aim to help the immune system clear the virus

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
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UK tech firm Smiths Group to help make Covid-19 antibody test

A scientist works in the lab of Linqi Zhang on research into novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) antibodies for possible use in a drug at Tsinghua University's Research Center for Public Health in Beijing, China, March 30, 2020/ Reuters
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US warns of fraudulent coronavirus antibody tests

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020/Reuters
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LabCorp launches new neutralizing antibody test for Covid-19