A Llama Could Save Us From the Coronavirus

Animals all over are helping scientists make antibodies to help fight human disease. Yes, some of them are cute.

Jillian Kramer
Elemental
Published in
4 min readJun 18, 2020

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Illustrations: Sophi Gullbrants

A llama named Winter recently made headlines when scientists announced her small-but-mighty antibodies could fight the novel coronavirus. Think of it: A llama could save us from Covid-19.

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Jillian Kramer
Elemental

Jillian Kramer is a journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, Travel + Leisure, and more.