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Llama Nanobodies Could be a Powerful Weapon Against COVID-19 – UPJ Athletics
Research published today in Science describes a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful antibody fragments from llamas, which could then be fashioned…
Today in Science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19.
These special llama antibodies, called nanobodies, are much smaller than human antibodies and many times more effective at neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Theyre also much more stable.
Nature is our best inventor,…
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