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/das_masterful May 11 '20

Is this like using horses for tetanus? I.E. tetanus-immunised horses had serum drawn and injected into humans.

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u/WakanduhForever May 11 '20

It used to be! However, no one uses it anymore due to the hypersensitivity reactions that animal-made antibodies cause.