Since the pandemic broke, several researchers have produced llama nanobodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that may be effective at preventing infections.
“Let’s say you knew that you were about to go into a high-risk situation … you could inhale bunch of nanobodies to coat your lungs to give you some protection,” says Dr David Brody, the other half of Cormac’s research team.
“Or if you knew you have just been exposed, somebody just coughed all over you, you could take it as an early treatment before you got sick to neutralise the virus and try to counteract the effects.”
Because nanobodies are more stable, less expensive to produce, and easier to engineer than typical antibodies, researchers have been using them for medical research. Since the pandemic broke, several researchers have produced llama nanobodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that may be effective at preventing infections. In the current study, the researchers used a slightly different strategy than others to find nanobodies that may work especially well, NIH said in a statement.
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