promise involves llamas. A new study shows that antibodies from llamas can neutralize the virus that causes COVID-19.
Daniel Wrapp: In the early 90s it was discovered that camelids, which is a group that includes llamas, alpacas, camels and a couple other animals, produced a specialized class of antibodies which are called nanobodies. The reason they're called that is because they're about half the size of the conventional antibodies that you and I would produce.
Winter is totally fine! Winter is grazing peacefully on a farm in Belgium. We just injected one small portion of the virus, a noninfectious portion of the virus, to elicit these antibodies, sort of prime the llama immune system against the coronaviruses. And then once we had done that, we were able to get the sequence of the antibodies which were raised in response to vaccination.
Here we would be directly administering an antibody. So it's more of a treatment than a prophylactic vaccination. That being said, vaccines aren't always super effective in the elderly. They have trouble raising an active immune response. And so we could prophylactically administer this antibody and then they would be protected for several months.
vprnet *Very* early days in terms analysis & results - hamsters trialled first, next monkeys then if goes well eventually trial in humans. Fascinating read. Exceptional care needs to be taken with crossover. Excerpts follow as 3 images:
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vprnet twaimz danielhowell
vprnet Please.....No Llama Drama!!
vprnet It all started in 2016?....
ACJJustice vprnet Then this is a huge coinkydink! Anna Dewdney’s ‘Llama Llama Red Pajama’ on YouTube (read by ‘book lady’ the awesome Dolly Parton) has been my nighttime life saver during this social distancing when I’m too tired out to read to the kids myself! Yay Llamas 🦙
vprnet I must admit I did not have llamas on my COVID 19 Quarantine BINGO card 🌈
vprnet Bit of wool gathering?
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vprnet Sure! The virus was 'discovered' in 2019, but we knew what caused it in 2016. 🤡
vprnet Bring on the llamas.
vprnet No, not anyone making a reference to the ironic fact that llamas spit? Okay, will bite.
vprnet You know folks are gonna go try to get llamas to spit on them now
vprnet bexmader LanaParrilla its crazy but sean_m_maguire was right. Llamas.
ACJJustice vprnet hmm...🤔...interesting research...😑
vprnet Watch out! MAGAts and their king are going to start doing inappropriate things to llamas now...
ACJJustice vprnet Maybe the drama llamas were not that dramatic after all
vprnet Cows too, injected with human DNA at the embryo stage so they can be given human virus later. Harvest the antibodies and give it the humans!
vprnet Please do not kill llamas!!!!!
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vprnet CCCCCCAAAAAAAARRRRLLLLL
vprnet Leee goooooo 🦙
vprnet I always knew llamas were the cure
vprnet Maybe they'll drink milk from the Shama Llama ding dong. (For some reason, Animal House came to mind...)
vprnet well, at least emperor Kuzco should be fine
vprnet Spit on me, baby 💦 🦙
vprnet twaimz are you grazing peacefully on a farm in belgium or what?
progducto vprnet ProbablySadDad thanks dad
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vprnet Llama llama Save us Barack Obama
vprnet thanks, cuz
vprnet Say what
vprnet Taboot ! phish
vprnet So a Belgian llama is going to save the world? Our country just keeps on giving! ❤️
vprnet zoom llamas RISE UP!!!
vprnet So... now covid19 has been around and tested since 16’ 👀
vprnet Trump will start promoting adopting lamas. Lamas be warned.
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vprnet Thats weeks old news but in the spirit and on the vein of I cannot believe nobody has posted this before... ( oh and yes they are bigger than frogs)
vprnet Like it's torn from today's news trends... ObamaCommencement2020 realDonaldTrump LLamaCure
vprnet And, of course, the effect on fashion is that everyone will begin to wear shirts with really, really, really high collars.
vprnet I, for one, welcome our new llama overlords.
vprnet We must drink the blood of Lorenzo Lamas 👹
vprnet 'Llama God who takes away virus, grant us peace...'
vprnet Very interesting. Nepal & Tibet have large percentage.
vprnet Now democrats will be injecting llama urine, why is spreading unproven science to the democrat sheep? Is Biden aware?
vprnet Fuck yes, llamas
vprnet philvischer SkyeJethani , here you go. :)
vprnet Last October for her 90th birthday I literally bought a llama for my mama. She laughed so hard she cried.
vprnet Will that lead to Llama husbandry worldwide ? Good
vprnet God allows nature to save us even though we do nothing but try to destroy it.
vprnet If Trump said this all He// would break loose...
vprnet “Daniel Wrapp, the co-author of that study, is a graduate student affiliated with Dartmouth College and the University of Texas at Austin. He spoke to Mitch Wertlieb about his research. Their interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.”
vprnet Sign me up.
vprnet Woah. Maybe we should get us a few llamas.
vprnet realDonaldTrump next recommendation to his Kool-Aid sippin MAGA cult... directing them to run out to get their own llamas...
vprnet Llama tell ya somethin! I just wanted to say that, that is all.
vprnet Got mine! And the doctor outfit too!
vprnet Cue trump cult to attack llamas.
vprnet this sounds like an onion story
vprnet Why does this story remind me of a Monty Python skit?
vprnet I can almost hear Jared on the phone trying to buy up all the llamas.
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vprnet I was thinking that llamas probably hold the key to this whole pandemic thing
vprnet Thanks for triggering a llama shortage
vprnet A NewStudy will let us Neutralise NPR!
vprnet Please don’t hoard llamas. Thanks.