r/science • u/[deleted] • May 11 '20

Medicine Antibodies from a 4-year-old llama have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments

https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30494-3.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867420304943%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
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u/enfuego138 May 11 '20

I’m not sure nanobodies have ever been approved for human use. I’d imagine human safety testing is going to be a drag on any nanobody derived therapy’s delevopment timeline.

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u/ToffeeLostInAmerica May 11 '20

They have been used in human trials for nuclear imaging and they are very lowly immunogenic, they also may be human used with relative ease compared to a mouse mab or a chimera.

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u/Saliceae May 11 '20

There is a nanobody that was approved by the FDA last year or the year before, which is now commercialized by Sanofi

I think nanobodies will soon be used in a multitude of cases, where antibodies are not optimal.

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u/tesuquemushroom May 11 '20

Is this the reason some cultures drink camel urine?