Llama 'nanobodies' could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection

Date 22nd, Jul 2021
Source ScienceDaily - General News Websites

DESCRIPTION

Scientists have developed a 'nanobody' - a small fragment of a llama antibody - that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it hides away from the immune system. This then enables immune cells to seek out and destroy this potentially deadly virus.