Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds
by Matthew Cantor in Oakland from Science | The Guardian on (#53JFA)
Researchers hope llama antibodies could help protect humans who have not been infected
The solution to the coronavirus may have been staring us in the face this whole time, lazily chewing on a carrot. All we need, it seems, is llamas.
A study published last week in the journal Cell found that antibodies in llamas' blood could offer a defense against the coronavirus. In addition to larger antibodies like ours, llamas have small ones that can sneak into spaces on viral proteins that are too tiny for human antibodies, helping them to fend off the threat. The hope is that the llama antibodies could help protect humans who have not been infected.
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