Effective Antibodies named Nanobodies found to Treat Covid-19
According to the researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the USA, A new method to extract powerful novel coronavirus antibody fragments from llamas to prevent and treat Covid-19. The antibody called nanaobodies. This nanobodies are much smaller than human antibodies.
This antibodies are very much effective at neutralising the SARS-CoV-2 virus-Researchers said. The researchers immunised a black llama named Wally with a piece of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and, after about two months, the animal's immune system produced mature nanobodies against the virus.After that scientists identified the nanobodies in Wally's blood that bind to SARS-CoV-2 most strongly and found that just a fraction of a nanogramme could neutralise enough virus to spare a million cells from being infected.
Researchers said, "the nanobodies can sit at room temperature for six weeks and tolerate being fashioned into an inhalable mist to deliver antiviral therapy directly into the lungs where they are most needed. Nanobodies could potentially cost much less. They're ideal for addressing the urgency and magnitude of the current crisis,"
Traditional antibodies require a much larger dose and cost much higher around $100,000 per treatment course.
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