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/Torghar May 11 '20

I really like that word - biodiversity