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Two llamas in a field.

Could llama antibodies be the key to a coronavirus treatment?

COVID-19

Researchers discovered that a special type of antibody found in llamas could be vital in fighting the coronavirus infection in humans. The World speaks to professor James Naismith, the director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the UK, and lead researcher in a new study on llama antibodies.

Could llama antibodies be the key to a coronavirus treatment?
An ambulance transporting an Ebola patient drives to the entrance of a treatment centre outside Freetown, Sierra Leone.

An American aid worker with Ebola receives speedy care, while a Sierra Leonean colleague is 'left behind'

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An American aid worker with Ebola receives speedy care, while a Sierra Leonean colleague is 'left behind'