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Post by gigi on Sept 22, 2021 22:06:28 GMT 1
From the BBC website:
”A new Covid therapy made with the help of a llama named Fifi shows "significant potential", scientists say. It's made of nanobodies - smaller, simpler versions of antibodies which llamas and camels produce in response to infection.
The llama was injected with a vaccine which starts the nanobody production. Scientists at the University of Reading then picked out and purified the most potent ones from a sample of Fifi's blood and grew them in large quantities.
Lab tests on animals suggested it was among the most potent coronavirus-fighting agents Public Health England had ever tested. Scientists hope it could eventually be given as a nasal spray to treat early infection - or even prevent it.”
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Post by woolybanana on Sept 23, 2021 17:11:31 GMT 1
Patronising sexist man speak; fancy calling such a dignified pioneer of medical treatment Fifi!
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Post by pcpa on Sept 23, 2021 19:09:36 GMT 1
Infecting laboratory animals with Coronavirus, what could possibly go wrong!
Wuhan all over again.
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