Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Antibodies from llamas may hold cure for novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

In the paper, published in the journal Cell, the scientists said a fragment found in a four-year-old wooly camelid's antibodies seem to tightly bind to the proteins of the novel coronavirus and neutralize it. This means that the antibodies, also known as nanobodies, can help in the battle against COVID-19, which has sickened more than 3.84 million people. NewsMedical 

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