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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/20/us-dengue-idUSBRE85J18N20120620
Experts find antibody that smothers, kills dengue virus
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG | Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:02pm EDT
(Reuters) - Scientists say they have extracted a powerful antibody from a recovered dengue patient in Singapore that can smother and choke the virus to death, a discovery that they hope may offer a new weapon to control the deadly disease...
...The antibody recovered from Singapore was among 200,000 taken from 100 recovered patients and appeared capable of killing all known strains of the subtype 1 dengue virus, said a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science Translational Medicine...
Experts find antibody that smothers, kills dengue virus
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG | Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:02pm EDT
(Reuters) - Scientists say they have extracted a powerful antibody from a recovered dengue patient in Singapore that can smother and choke the virus to death, a discovery that they hope may offer a new weapon to control the deadly disease...
...The antibody recovered from Singapore was among 200,000 taken from 100 recovered patients and appeared capable of killing all known strains of the subtype 1 dengue virus, said a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science Translational Medicine...