antibody

If phage treatment continues long term, patients can make antibodies against them.

Through further testing the team found that the new antibodies did not disrupt HGF activity itself, meaning it could still activate satellite cells.

"It also recruits naturally occurring antibodies to fight the virus."

What is known is that up to 11 percent of patients with certain neurological conditions such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and neuralgic amyotrophy either have HEV antibodies or are infected with the virus.

Like the company's Covid jab, it delivers instructions to our immune systems on how to recognise an invasive virus and protect against it by producing antibodies.