Antibodies against deadly emerging disease mers discovered

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 15:10 in Health & Medicine

Antibodies against the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have been discovered that could lead to prevention/treatment for the virus with a 40% mortality rate. Currently there is no vaccine or antiviral treatment for MERS, a severe respiratory disease that was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

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