NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments"

[natasha_jay@tech.lgbt]

NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments"

This is both so logical and yet absurdly like a science fiction story ...

Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments

New Scientist (www.newscientist.com)

#Science #Health

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@futzle @Natasha_Jay Please let's not run out of pediatricians

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@futzle @Natasha_Jay (i definitely owe my life to them, for the vaccines alone)

[bit101@mstdn.social]

@futzle @Natasha_Jay kindergarten teachers must be a super race, from the viewpoint of immune systems.

[quoidian@mastodon.online]

@bit101 @futzle @Natasha_Jay
Creche attendants, childrens' librarians, elementary school nurses.

[bit101@mstdn.social]

@Natasha_Jay I gotta say though, anything "harvested from the blood of" <type of human> gets me nervous.

[bscreativelife@mstdn.social]

@quoidian @bit101 @futzle @Natasha_Jay
Let's not forget childcare providers in this mix! I cannot count the number of ailments I contracted in the first few years on the job. Once we moved to another state (prior military family) I'd get that region's illnesses the first year and be fine again for the rest of the tour. Did that for 20 years