BK Virus New Antibody
Hello everyone. I am new here and I had a kidney transplant in January of 2023. The BK virus reared its ugly head round September of last year. I had the ivig injection to lower the virus and it did definitely help. It was very low about a month ago (under 1000) but then it started to go back up (under 1800 which is still low).
Well I heard today that the Mayo Clinic has a trial BK Antibody treatment specifically designed to target the BK virus and clear it out. I could only find a few articles on it and it is said to be around 100X more effective than normal ivig injections because it was engineered to target the virus specifically.
Has anyone ever heard of this? It is definitely fantastic news!
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@tjdog interesting, thank you!