Researchers have discovered an antibody that can prevent the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 from entering the cells. Called 47D11, it has the potential to cure other viruses as well, even stop new ones from appearing.
COVID-19 has a mutation similar to HIV which means, its capability to bind with human cells can be, according to a new study by a group of scientists in Europe and China, up to "1000 times as strong as the other known virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome.