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Llama antibodies may neutralize COVID and help prevent infections, lab trial finds
NY Post ^ | 8/24/21 | Jackie Salo

Posted on 09/06/2021 9:11:44 AM PDT by JonPreston

Llama antibodies could be a potent force in preventing infections from contagious COVID-19 variants, a biomedical company has claimed.

Researchers from the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology in Ghent, Belgium, have found that antibodies extracted from a llama named Winter have neutralized the virus, including its variants, in laboratory testing.

The treatment would supplement vaccines by giving enhanced protection to people with weakened immune systems or help people who have been hospitalized with the virus, the company said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: antibodies; covid; llama
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1 posted on 09/06/2021 9:11:44 AM PDT by JonPreston
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2 posted on 09/06/2021 9:12:56 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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You ain’t no Llama. Stop it y’all.


3 posted on 09/06/2021 9:14:07 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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I have been curious for some time if any other company or institution is researching anything for CV19 or are we stuck with the 3 we have. If not, why ?


4 posted on 09/06/2021 9:15:52 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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How about Emu antibodies?


5 posted on 09/06/2021 9:16:46 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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6 posted on 09/06/2021 9:17:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Well, it’s a crying shame that the therapy isn’t authorized by HHS edicts under PREP Act regarding ‘protocols’ for treatment.

/s


7 posted on 09/06/2021 9:18:10 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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I’ll take logi_cal antibodies for $25,000, Alex.
/s


8 posted on 09/06/2021 9:19:12 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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No no no, we need the jabbsterbation!


9 posted on 09/06/2021 9:19:50 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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Is llama effective against lamda?


10 posted on 09/06/2021 9:21:13 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: JonPreston

There was a young gaucho named Bruno
Who said, “Screwing is one thing I do know.
A woman is fine,
And a sheep is divine,
But a llama is Numero Uno.”


11 posted on 09/06/2021 9:23:07 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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The llama spit line forms to the right.


12 posted on 09/06/2021 9:23:10 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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Llamas, having a somewhat different physiology than human beings, may very well be able to produce effective antibodies for the COVID-19 Wuhan virus. After all, horses were used to produce the antibodies necessary to control diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis for many years, but the problems with the anaphylactic shock that sometimes resulted from its use, due to the foreign proteins in the horse serum, has led to human-based serums used for the same purposes.

It may turn out that llamas may present a similar problem with the proteins from their blood serum.


13 posted on 09/06/2021 9:28:44 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Poor people give rich people all their money anyway. Just as they have always done.)
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“Llama antibodies may neutralize COVID and help prevent infections, lab trial finds”

I am sure glad someone is doing more research. That said, I hope they and all of us do realize that things like Llama antibodies will only work if the right people (politicians & bureaucrats) & companies (big enough Pharma to pay the politicians & bureaucrats) can make enough money from it.


14 posted on 09/06/2021 9:33:39 AM PDT by Tupelo
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The Belgian scientist is just trying to explain to his wife, why Winter has a room in their house.


15 posted on 09/06/2021 9:33:47 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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Ecuadorian Mountain Llamas or Venezuelan Red Llamas?


16 posted on 09/06/2021 9:34:11 AM PDT by socal_parrot (Squirrel!)
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RE: What about emu antibodies....

They may provide insurance. I mean insurance against the disease. Let’s look at some pages of sample policies....


17 posted on 09/06/2021 9:35:20 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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It seems almost everything except the vaccine works on covid.


18 posted on 09/06/2021 9:35:48 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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So Doctor Doolittle turned out to be smarter than Dr. Fauci.
Not surprising.


19 posted on 09/06/2021 9:35:57 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: BenLurkin

Genuine song lyric by the MC5 (February, 1969)

Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)

....I said wham, bam, thank you, ma’am
I’m a born ass pincher and I don’t give a damn
I’m the man for you, baby
Yes, I am for you, baby

Say, I’m the man for you, baby
Yes, I am for you, baby
I’m the man for you

Rama lama fa fa fa
Rama lama fa fa fa
Rama lama fa fa fa


20 posted on 09/06/2021 9:43:11 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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