It was a monoclonal antibody. It’s basically taking the antibody cocktail from someone who survived it, finding the best one among those and growing that up in another “factory” cell line, the most popular coming from aborted fetal cells (HEK293). There’s also a “humanized” mouse antibody in that drug too.
They’re not bleeding that person dry, they extract the antibody gene from their B cells and put them INTO another, separate cell line. Oftentimes, that would be a cell line like HEK293, which was immortalized in the 1970s from aborted fetal kidney cells. At no point did I mention ES cells, which are totally different. I know this because I work for an antibody production firm.
The antibody is not derived from aborted fetal cells, but they play a role in the pharmacological development and expansion. Either way it doesn’t matter, I agree I find this whole “oh trumps a hypocrite for using aborted baby drugs” when the vast majority of drugs in the last 30 years are developed or tested with the help of things like HEK cells.
It was a monoclonal antibody. It’s basically taking the antibody cocktail from someone who survived it, finding the best one among those and growing that up in another “factory” cell line, the most popular coming from aborted fetal cells (HEK293). There’s also a “humanized” mouse antibody in that drug too.
The company that made the antibody cocktail does not use embryonic stem cells.
How is it that you can quote that much but haven't checked that detail?
They took stem cells from an adult Covid survivor and mouse stem cells.
... I know that. Read what I said.
They’re not bleeding that person dry, they extract the antibody gene from their B cells and put them INTO another, separate cell line. Oftentimes, that would be a cell line like HEK293, which was immortalized in the 1970s from aborted fetal kidney cells. At no point did I mention ES cells, which are totally different. I know this because I work for an antibody production firm.
The antibody is not derived from aborted fetal cells, but they play a role in the pharmacological development and expansion. Either way it doesn’t matter, I agree I find this whole “oh trumps a hypocrite for using aborted baby drugs” when the vast majority of drugs in the last 30 years are developed or tested with the help of things like HEK cells.