The Indian Council of Medical Research along with Hyderabad based Firm Biological E has developed “Purified Antisera”.
The antiserum has been obtained from animals.
This is to be used as a prophylaxis and treatment for COVID-19.
The new therapy works just like that of plasma therapy.
But here the plasma is obtained from animals.
Antiserum is blood-based serum that holds antibodies against viruses.
In this new therapy, the serum is raised from horses that have recovered from viral infection and found to hold antibodies against the virus in their system.
The antibodies from horses are called “Equine Antisera”.