KARACHI: Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) medical experts on Monday claimed that they have created a drug to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease. Professor Muhammad Saeed Qureshi, a member of the research team, said that Intravenous Immunoglobulin is a great development in the fight against novel coronavirus. He said the globulin was manufactured with purified antibodies, obtained from the recovered coronavirus patients. Last week, researchers from the university had discovered that certain variants of a human gene may offer resistance against the novel coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2. On April 9, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) allowed clinical trials of blood plasma therapy to treat coronavirus patients in the country.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2020 15:22 UTC