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All About Actemra!
Actemra, also known as tocilizumab, is a monoclonal antibody drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with various forms of severe arthritis. Monoclonal antibodies are scientifically-made antibodies that are engineered to target infected self-cells in specific autoimmune diseases that regular antibodies generated by the infected individual would miss. These…
How do you know if you had a past COVID-19 infection?
Scientists, researchers, and investigators alike all across the world are currently on the hunt for a test to identify signs of recovery from this novel coronavirus that is currently causing a pandemic. In order to identify individuals who have recovered from COVID-19, a test must be administrated that identifies certain antibodies of SARS-CoV-2 that are…
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