Coronavirus Australia: Alpacas to be used in race to find cure – NEWS.com.au

As scientists around the world scramble to produce a coronavirus vaccine, researchers in Australia are taking a rather unusual route in the race to beat COVID-19 by using alpacas.Researchers said the animal’s unique immune system could provide the key to a scientific breakthrough because minuscule fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 flow in their veins.
Academics at Australia’s Nuclear science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have teamed up with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute to…

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