A patient in Alaska receiving an antibody infusion to prevent Covid hospitalizations in September. All but one of these treatments has been rendered useless by Omicron (Rick Bowmer/AP Images)

January 12, 2022 05:10 AM ESTUpdated 08:12 AM

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How a tiny Swiss lab and two old blood samples created one of the only effective drugs against Omicron (and why we have so little of it)

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Exactly a decade before a novel coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, Davide Corti — a newly-minted immunologist with frameless glasses and a quick laugh — walked into …

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How a tiny Swiss lab and two old blood samples created one of the only effective drugs against Omicron (and why we have so little of it)

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