Researchers from Ghent\u2019s VIB-UGent biotechnology centre and from the University of Texas at Austin announced that antibodies from a 4-year old llama, named Winter, have neutralized coronavirus in lab experiments.<\/p>\n
“This is one of the first antibodies known to neutralize SARS-CoV-2,” Jason McLellan, from the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the study, said in a written a statement.<\/p>\n
He said vaccines have to be given a month or two before infection to provide protection.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut with antibody therapies, you\u2019re directly giving somebody the protective antibodies and so, immediately after treatment, they should be protected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Previously, scientists have used Winter\u2019s antibodies for earlier coronaviruses, SARS and MERS.<\/p>\n
The research project has conducted various tests on 130 llamas and alpacas in a farm in Belgium by a team from the University of Texas at Austin, the National Institutes of Health, and Ghent University in Belgium.<\/p>\n
Clinical trials have yet to start as the experiments are ongoing, according to the journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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