Antibodies from this animal can kill the coronavirus

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Antibodies obtained from llamas may be adapted for human use in COVID-19 cases on humans.
Researchers say the antibodies can neutralize the novel coronavirus’s ability to bind to cells, a critical process that allows the virus to enter the cells and replicate.
The antibodies might be used to manufacture drugs that would work just like plasma transfusions from COVID-19 survivors.
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Llamas, the beautiful beasts that even Disney used for one of its animated features, might hold one of the answers to cracking the novel coronavirus pandemic. They can generate a strong antibody that can kill the new virus and scientists think they can adapt it for a treatment that would provide the same kind of results as a plasma transfusion from COVID-19 survivors.

Just in the past few days, we talked about eight separate projects to create monoclonal antibody drugs. Five teams are working on such therapies in the US and one of the drugs might be ready this summer. We also told you about similar efforts in Israel, Japan, and the Netherlands, where doctors have also been studying the same concept. Since then, a new study came out from researchers from the University of Texas, the National Institutes of Health, and Ghent University in Belgium that says llama antibodies can neutralize the spike protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that attaches to human cells and allows the coronavirus to replicate inside the body.

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