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Malaria Antibody Treatment May Protect People

In Travel Vaccine News by Travel Vaccine

A recent early-stage clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) found a single injection of a next-generation monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment candidate was highly protective in adults by neutralizing the parasites in the skin and blood before they can infect liver cells.
L9LS is a laboratory-made version of a naturally occurring mAbs called L9, derived from the blood of a volunteer who had received an investigational malaria vaccine.