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We speak to some of the South African start-ups that visited Dogpatch Labs in Ireland last week after winning the Irish Tech Challenge.

Irish scientist optimistic alpaca can be ally in in fight against Covid-19 Researcher based in South Africa finds animal’s antibodies show signs of neutralising variants Mon, May 3, 2021, 01:00 Bill Corcoran Cape Town Listen now 4:44 Two alpacas: “We believe our alpaca antibodies would be best administered using an inhaler as they are 10 times smaller than human antibodies,” says Dr Peter Durcan. Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 o...

Alpaca nanobodies effective against South African SARS-CoV-2 variant Researchers in South Africa and the UK have identified alpaca-derived nanoantibodies that potently neutralize variants of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Notably, one of the nanoantibodies neutralized the South African variant of concern B.1.351 that has been shown to reduce the effectiveness of vaccines against the virus. “Therapeutic options that work against the B.1.351 variant are urgently needed to counteract reduced ...