SubscribeAbCellera Biologics’ Carl Hansen scored big helping Eli Lilly find antibodies to treat symptoms of Covid-19. Every time you’re infected by bacteria or a virus, your immune system works to create treatments to defeat it. Molecularly unique to each person, these tiny cells, or antibodies, either destroy these invaders or mark them for other killer cells to track down. “It feels just a little bit surreal,” says Carl Hansen about becoming a billionaire. It then turned over the most promising antibodies to drug company Eli Lilly.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2021 11:26 UTC