Researchers have developed highly potent and stable antibodies from the blood of alpacas which can efficiently block SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and its dangerous new variants. The researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany noted that these mini-antibodies bind and neutralise the virus up to 1,000 times better than previously developed such antibodies. “For …
An asthma-style inhaler with tiny nanobodies could be a more effective treatment for COVID-19, a new study suggests. Researchers found that that low doses of a specific nanobody reduced the number of virus particles in the nasal cavities, lungs and throats of hamsters by a million-fold. In a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, researchers selected …
Scientists have isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies or nanobodies against the novel coronavirus from a llama, some of which may help prevent the infection. The researchers from the National Institutes of Health in the US said at least one of these nanobodies, called NIH-CoVnb-112, could prevent infections and detect virus particles by grabbing hold of the spike proteins …
The researchers concluded that, to their knowledge, the llama nanobodies they isolated and used to eliminate their SARS-CoV-2 samples are the most potent neutraliser to date Even though it’ll soon be a year since SARS-CoV-2 started wreaking havoc across the world, there is still no approved cure or vaccine for the COVID-19 infection. While scientists and research institutes are still …
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