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Nanobody
Nanobodies
are smaller versions, about a tenth of the size, of antibodies that
fight infections in the human body and other animals. Nanobodies are
currenly a subject of considerable research in the medical community
and some have shown remarkable ability to arrest the growth of tumors
and fight other diseases in laboratory environments. Nanobodies are
derived from the antibodies found in the blood of camels and llamas,
which differ significantly from the antobodies found in the rest of
mammals.
Nanobodies were the subject of an August 2005 article in Scientific American.
