Antibody therapy has been used for years to combat many diseases such as measles Ebola H1N1 flu and polio. Researchers are also seeing it as a promising method of treatment for keeping the novel coronavirus at bay until a vaccine is developed. The therapy uses antibodies - proteins made by the immune system - to help the body fight diseases. US-based biopharmaceutical company Sorrento Therapeutics has announced that it has identified an antibody which can completely block SARS-CoV-2 infection of healthy cells. In preclinical laboratory experiments the antibody called STI-1499 completely neutralised the COVID-19 virus infectivity at a very low
