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Scientific team led by Bulgarian isolates molecule blocking Covid-19

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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers, led by a Bulgarian scientist have isolated the smallest biological molecule to date that completely blocks Covid-19.

The results of their work have been published in one of the most authoritative scientific journals CELL, which publishes objective and scientifically-significant data. The antibody has undergone many tests that prove its effectiveness and safety and tests are to be performed on humans.

Bulgarian Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov is in the core of the important scientific work, BNT has reported.



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