Alpacas Might Hold the Answer to Your Cat Allergy Problem

Alpacas are solving your cat allergy and not in the way you might think.

Alpacas, along with a few other animals, produce something that no other animals do - something called “nanobodies,” which are antibodies but super tiny yet just as effective.

Nanobodies can squeeze into places that our normal antibodies can’t. So, these scientists figured out how to reverse-engineer nano bodies to break down Fel d1, the main allergen in cat saliva. The results are pretty impressive, 98% efficacy, with