Monoclonal antibodies: Short-term therapy for long-term treatment of chronic viral infections?
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
Monoclonal antibodies are the largest class of biotherapeutic drugs. When administered to infected organisms to blunt the propagation of pathogenic viruses, they may also induce a long-lasting and protective antiviral immune response similar to that achieved by vaccination. These results raise hopes for the treatment of certain severe and chronic viral infections.