Roche’s SARS-CoV-2 antibody test included in Moderna vaccine trials After receiving US FDA emergency use authorization for its Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody test on November 25, 2020, Roche has partnered with Moderna to utilize the test in the latter’s mRNA-1273 vaccine research trials. The antibody test measures the quantity of antibodies …
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What is it? The dictionary meaning of the word convalescence is recovery. A patient who recovers from a given disease and develops high titres of antibodies can become a donor of such antibodies after his/her recovery. The extra vascular component of these antibodies is difficult to collect, but the intravascular …
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