Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Biologists invent a new way to fight viruses with llama blood and molecular superglue

The longer the Covid-19 pandemic lasts, the stranger the solutions it seems! :-) Very imaginative scientists at work!

"A potential alternative is the miniature antibodies pumped out by the immune cells of llamas, camels, and sharks, which are about half the size of standard antibodies. These diminutive proteins are faster and cheaper to make than their larger counterparts, and they don’t misfold." 
Perhaps, there is method in this madness? :-)

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