Author:

Vince Ballai, Balázs Kaufmann

Even the largest research institutes order special material for their virus research from a Syracuse laboratory. The monoclonal antibody, stored in small vials and transported as a white powder, is produced by cells from ancient experimental mice that have been “timeless.” Its developer, biologist Noémi Lukács, consciously set up its renowned biotech company in the lagging area. Our video port of a laboratory installed in a patina family home.

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Robert Koch and the Pasteur Institute, or even the University of Oxford, are referred to a small village in Nógrád if their staff needs a special antibody for virus research. The presence (or absence) of virus in the samples examined can be detected with the help of the monoclonal antibody developed by Professor Emeritus of the University of St. Stephen, biologist Noémi Lukács, in Düsseldorf in the late 1980s.

The antibody, which is unique worldwide, is widely used. The substance will also participate in the investigation of new coronaviruses, either to verify the antiviral effectiveness of existing active substances or the latest vaccine developments. The use of the substance is mentioned in more than seven hundred scientific articles, one of the most recent investigating the effects of possible medications that can be used against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Lukács Noémi grew up in Szirák, then researched and taught abroad and in Budapest, but with his daughter they eventually brought the antibody production laboratory of his biotech company, English & Scientific Consulting Kft. (Scicons), to the court of the patina house of his great-grandparents They hope they can help the laggard people to get ahead with this as well. Hvg.hu visited the investigator here.



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