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In this March 10, 2020, photo, lab workers log in specimen samples at the Mayo Clinic Superior Drive facility in Rochester, Minn. Vice President Mike Pence has an appointment Tuesday at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic to learn about a new coronavirus testing “moonshot” that has the famed clinic partnering with the state and its flagship university to quickly boost the state's capacity to 20,000 tests a day. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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Experts say the virus won't be a thing of the past any time soon.
The treatment is monoclonal antibody therapy, and the antibodies come from people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus. Researchers then take the blood, select the most potent antibodies, and make them into a drug.