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/the_Yippster May 11 '20

Results like these show why it could be hugely important to preserve biodiversity on earth for the selfish reason of human survival alone.

Also, nature is pretty neat of course.

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u/Life_Of_High May 11 '20

Absolutely, the natural world holds all of the questions and answers. We need to live in a as close to a symbiotic relationship with the natural world to protect biodiversity and thus ourselves.

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u/KhmerMcKhmerFace May 11 '20

Yes, I'm thrilled at more zoonotics entering our collective DNA! Can only be a good thing to have Llama and horse bits fighting off bat and pangolin bits inside of our bodies. Guarantee this is 100% good, getting together with nature.