Chinese researchers have identified two Zika antibodies from an infected patient that could provide mice with complete protection against the mosquito-borne virus.
中国的科研人员在一位感染寨卡病毒的病人身上发现两种抗体，这两种抗体可以保护小白鼠完全免受寨卡病毒的伤害。
The finding could lead to the development of anti-Zika therapies and vaccines for humans.
The researchers isolated immune B cells from the blood of an infected patient who had come back to China from Venezuela. The patient recovered from the virus after treatment, but also provided scientists with a total of 13 antibodies that were confirmed to bind to the virus.
Two of these antibodies, known as Z23 and Z3L1, had the potential to eliminate the Zika virus altogether under laboratory conditions.
Yan Jinghua, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Microbiology, said the antibodies appear to exclusively target the Zika virus.
"We seldom have a drug with specificity for the treatment of a viral disease, however, this antibody has high specificity for Zika virus. After the mice were infected with Zika, we gave them the antibody therapy. The virus was then completely eliminated."
Structural analysis has suggested that the two antibodies block infection by targeting sites on the virus' envelope protein, which is known to facilitate virus entry into cells.
相关单词：vaccines
vaccines解释：疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
vaccines例句：
His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
相关单词：isolated
isolated解释：adj.与世隔绝的
isolated例句：
His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
相关单词：bind
bind解释：vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬
bind例句：
I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。
相关单词：structural
structural解释：adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的
structural例句：
The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
