Sign up for COVID-19 Science UpdatesSection headings in the COVID-19 Science Update have been changed to alignwith the CDC Science Agenda for COVID-19.PDF version for this update pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]Here you can find all previous COVID-19 Science Updates.Recently reported SARS-CoV-2 variants have raised concerns about effectiveness of current preventive and therapeutic interventions (antibodies and vaccines).
Here we report on two studies evaluating effects of mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants on in vitro antibody neutralization efficacy.
Greaney et al. bioRxiv (January 4, 2021).: Mapped SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD amino-acid mutations that substantially affected binding by antibodies from 35 plasma samples longitudinally collected from 17.