Shark Antibody-Like Proteins Neutralizes Virus, Help Prepare For Future Coronaviruses
Image: LeBeau_Aaron_Sharks21_2327: Graduate student Kendahl Ott (left) and research technician Abigail Jackson assist in the feeding of the sharks. Credit: Bill Graf at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Small, unique antibody-like proteins known as VNARs — derived from the immune systems of sharks — can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19, its variants, and related coronaviruses …