Public Health England hailed the research as offering 'significant potential for both the prevention and treatment of COVID-19' and added that the nanobodies 'are among the most effective SARS-CoV-2 neutralising agents we have ever tested'.
He added:"They are cheaper to produce and can be delivered directly to the airways through a nebuliser or nasal spray, so can be self-administered at home rather than needing an injection. This could have benefits in terms of ease of use by patients but it also gets the treatment directly to the site of infection in the respiratory tract."
Fifi did not become sick as a result of the injection, but her immune system was triggered to fight off the spike protein by generating nanobodies against it. One of these chains was administered to a hamster infected with the virus and led to"a marked reduction in disease" with the treated critters"losing far less weight after seven days than those who remained untreated" and showing a lower viral load.
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