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The figure shows how two of the newly developed nanobodies (blue and magenta) bind to the receptor-binding domain (green) of the coronavirus spike protein (grey), thus preventing infection with Sars-CoV-2 and its variants. The nanobodies originate from alpacas and are smaller and simpler than conventional antibodies.
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Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
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