11192020 U of L testing

Health workers at University of Louisville Health are starting antibody treatments today for COVID anti-bodies

Health working on antibody treatments louisville univeristy of louisville health will start antibody treatments today... the treatment is called bamlanivimab ..

It is a mono-clonal antibody used in a single dose to treat the virus..

That means the antibodies are synthetic and have been genetically created to help your body fight off the disease!

U-of-l health officials say patients who are hospitalized or on oxygen therapy will not be eligible for this treatment..

Doctors explain this is the first step in fighting covid in the first few days of the infection for high-risk patients.

L3: coronavirus in kentucky white dr. jason smith uofl health's chief medical "it keeps you from having some of those severe symptoms to the virus by providing you with artificial immunity so to speak."

L3: coronavirus in kentucky white uofl health working on antibody treatments louisville mary & elizabeth hospital and u-of-l health medical center east are all part of this initial