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Scientists Rotterdam and Utrecht claim discovery of an antibody against corona Scientists at the Erasmus Medical Center and Utrecht University say they have found an antibody against the disease caused by the coronavirus, Erasmus Magazine reports. "This is the very first antibody that we know blocks the infection and there is a good chance that it will also become a drug that will come onto the market," says Rotterdam professor of cell biology Frank Grosveld in the university magazine. The researchers still had the antibody in the laboratory after previous research into similar virus infections. "We have to do something and maybe we have something," they thought according to Grosveld. "That's why we started immediately and worked around the clock." There are a number of caveats to make. The antibody has yet to be tested on humans, which takes months. The research has also not yet been assessed by colleagues. That is happening right now. If approved, it is expected to be published in the leading scientific journal Nature. " A real solution is a vaccine. Frank Grosveld, professor of cell biology Grosveld explains that the antibody prevents the virus from being able to infect. It can be used to develop a drug against this corona infection (COVID-19). The researchers are trying to get a pharmaceutical company to produce the medicine on a large scale. "If you take this as a patient, it is expected that the infection can be stopped in the patient. So the patient will have the chance to recover." "Prevention is of course better than cure," says Grosveld. "A real solution is therefore a vaccine, others are working on that. However, developing a vaccine takes two years."