Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Llama shows Immunity to HIV, AIDS

Researchers from Harvard Medical School, Argentina's Center for Animal Virology and University College of London has verified that South American goat like animal is immune to deadly HIV and AIDS. They injected a healthy llama with HIV. After few days, scientists were shocked that more than 95% of AIDS virus were dead.


Llama is found in South America. It is mainly used as a main meat source and luggage transportation in high mountains. It's strong when transporting luggage at high altitudes. It's age is merely 15-25 years and so beautiful with its fluffs.

When a human is infected with HIV, body maked antibodies but they do not neautralzie deadly viruses. On the other side, this animal body's antibodies produced against new injection, kills more than 95%. Researchers are trying to understand the pattern.

Successful study of HIV strains and Llama antibodies can lead to the cure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus or AIDS. A possibility of vaccine lies ahead along with treatment of existing patients.

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