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Testing The Efficacy of Convalescent Plasma

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 2:30 p.m.

Rising statistics about coronavirus infections and the number of deaths attributed to Covid-19 point to a sobering conclusion: We will be living with this for months to come. A vaccine is the ultimate weapon -- but is there something effective for use now? Two Johns Hopkins doctors think there is. Doctors David Sullivan and Shmuel Shoham explain how antibodies work, how they can be transferred safely from one person to another and what it will take to complete their clinical trials. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.