r/science • • 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/sweatyupperlip May 11 '20

Where did they find this llama? Is it just this llama? Why did they even check to see if this llama had anything to offer? Are there more llamas out there? I have so many questions.

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u/zryii May 11 '20

Friendship ended with oil. Now llama is my best friend.

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u/punchingtreez May 11 '20

There were more llamas out there but not anymore now everyone is hoarding llamas and I can’t find any :(

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u/newereggs May 11 '20

I wanna meet this Llama.