'백신•치료제•진단' 기술이전...코로나19 정복에 힘 모아<br /><br />South Korean researchers have joined forces in their battle against COVID-19.<br />Different institutes in the country are speeding up the commercialization process by transferring advanced technologies in the field of vaccines and therapeutics to private companies.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />A full-fledged move has started to find COVID-19 vaccine candidates,... along with improved treatments and diagnostic tests.<br />The first vaccine candidate that has been transferred to domestic companies for further research are synthetic antigen vaccines,... which could potentially be developed as vaccines for use by the public.<br />"It's likely we can develop a vaccine that has much more neutralizing antibody power and a better immune cell response than Albury-based antigens."<br />The latest vaccine candidate is shown to have three to five times higher ability to produce antibodies that can neutralize the activity of antigens than conventional antigen vaccines.<br />Newly synthesized vaccine candidates for COVID-19 from the Korea Chemical Bank are also attracting attention.<br />Researchers say when administered to kidney cells from monkeys,... it's 50 times more effective in killing the virus than Remdesivir,... a drug already in use for COVID-19 treatment.<br />Aside from their hopes for a vaccine,... South Korean researchers have continued to improve COVID-19 test kits,... and their effectiveness.<br />This includes a molecular diagnostic kit,... which was recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the WHO.<br />Researchers hope that vastly improved treatment,... better testing kits,... and vaccines may soon be available to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
