Monoclonal Antibodies: Short-Term Therapy for Long-Term Treatment of Chronic Viral Infections, Montpellier Institute of Molecular Genetics Study

ScienceDaily (June 12, 2010) — Monoclonal antibodies are the largest class of biotherapeutic drugs. When administered to infected organisms to blunt the propagation of pathogenic viruses, they may also induce a long-lasting and protective antiviral immune response similar to that achieved by vaccination.