Dow University medical experts find coronavirus cure

KARACHI: The medical experts and research team at Dow University in Karachi claim they they have found a coronavirus cure using hyper immunoglobulin (H-IVIG) from antibodies found in the blood donated by recovered COVID-19 patients.

Professor Muhammad Saeed Qureshi of the research team that is led by Dr Shaukat Ali says that this possible coronavirus vaccine or cure is a great advancement in the fight against the coronavirus crisis.

The hyper immunoglobulin (H-IVIG) method to develop this possible coronavirus cure is different from plasma therapy and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This involves purifying antibodies from blood samples using ultrafiltration techniques which removes all unwanted materials unlike plasma treatments which carries along components like plasma protiens, bacterial and viral pathogens.

Similar methods were used during the times of some previous epidemics like SARS, MERS, EBOLA and also used for diseases like rabies, tetanus, Influenza and hepatitis.

راچی : کو رونا کے خلاف جنگ میں پاکستانی سائنسدانوں کی اہم کامیابی ڈاؤ یونیورسٹی کے ماہرین نے کورونا کے علاج کےلیے انٹرا وینیس امیونو گلوبیولن تیار کرلی۔ ڈاؤ یونیورسٹی کوورونا کے علاج کے لیے گلوبیولن تیار کر کے دنیا پر سبقت لے گئی ۔ آئی وی آئی جی کوروناکے خلاف جنگ میں اہم پیش رفت ہے ،پروفیسر محمدسعید قریشی

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