Detouring around a major research roadblock, researchers have found a new way to create valuable antibodies without needing ... llamas? It is a little-known fact that llamas, alpacas, camels and other ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A camelid in Berrien County has tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. It marks the fourth case of ...

Antibodies are an indispensable tool for the diagnosis, and treatment of several diseases. High affinity and extraordinary specificity for their target antigens are some properties desirable ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Like any new parent, Milagro has a tender touch when it comes to her first born at the San Francisco Zoo. Zoo officials say the eight-year-old member of the Camelid family -- ...

KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH and 3B Pharmaceuticals GmbH today announced the successful completion of a federal grant program exploiting the potential of camelid antibodies. Figure 1: The ...

The use of Camelid antibodies has important implications for future development of reagents for diagnosis and therapeutics in diseases involving a group of enzymes called serine proteases. Antibodies ...

Nanobodies—tiny proteins derived from animals in the camelid family including camels, llamas, and alpacas—could be useful in treating brain disorders like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.

With their expressive faces and unusually shaped bodies, mammals within the camelid family—including camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos—are not the first groups of animals that typically ...

Second IWT award will fund preclinical development of lead anti-IL-6 candidate and other mAbs. Netherlands-based arGEN-X won a €1.5 million grant from the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by ...

Tiny proteins from camels and llamas, known as nanobodies, offer new hope for brain diseases. These molecules can enter brain cells, a feat difficult for regular antibodies. Research suggests they ...