Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 13, 2020 6 years, 2 weeks, 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
A leading biotech company in UK, the Native Antigen Company yesterday announced the commercial introduction of its lab synthesized
Covid-19 coronavirus antigens, derived from the emerging Wuhan
coronavirus strain.
The synthesized recombinant proteins offer scientists high-quality reagents to support ongoing infectious disease research, and the development of diagnostics and vaccines, says the Oxford, British-based company.
The accredited biotech Native Antigen Company has developed rapid response manufacturing capabilities to produce reagents for emerging epidemic diseases according to the World Health Organization's R&D Blueprint, which urges the accelerated development of vaccines and the increased availability of accurate and reliable diagnostics for priority emerging infectious diseases.
These lab synthesized antigens have been derived specifically from the newly identified new
coronavirus (Covid-19) using The Native Antigen Company’s proprietary mammalian, VirtuE expression system.
This protein synthesizing system is able to introduce proper protein folding and post-translational modifications to recombinant proteins, which are essential for full biological and antigenic activity.
The firm’s commercial director Dr Andy Lane told
Thailand Medical News via a phone interview, “Our mission is to reduce the global burden of infectious disease by developing the highest-quality reagents in rapid response to emerging public health threats. The release of these
Coronavirus antigens within one month of the newly identified
Covid-19 genome being published exemplifies the power of The Native Antigen Company’s recombinant protein platforms to prepare reagents in response to new threats,”
He further added, “As one of the first recognized suppliers to release
Covid-19 coronavirus proteins, we are proud to be able to offer these antigens to in vitro diagnostics and pharmaceutical researchers to help drive the development of serological assays and vaccines that will be vital in stemming the spread of this disease.”
Antigens such as these are useful for the development of diagnostics reagents and platforms especially more so now that it has been emerging that there has been so much flaws and blunders in the diagnostics of the coronavirus to date.
As the reported death toll from the novel
coronavirus passes 1,370 out of more than 60,670 known cases, it is becoming critical that diagnostics, treatment and vaccine protocols come into place as quickly as possible.
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