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Llama nanobodies could be a powerful weapon against COVID-19
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Llama nanobodies could be a powerful weapon against COVID-19

by  University of Pittsburgh Wally the Llama. Today in Science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19. These special llama antibodies, called “nanobodies,” are much smaller than...