Tag: antibody
Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine antibodies start to wane after six weeks
Blood tests on hundreds of British people revealed that protective antibodies can wane substantially within weeks of second vaccine shots being given. More...
U.S. halts distribution of Eli Lilly’s coronavirus antibody treatment bamlanivimab as a monotherapy
The U.S. government has halted distribution of Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody treatment bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) as a monotherapy just four months after it received FDA emergency use authorization, citing a sustained increase in variants of SARS-CoV-2 that are resistant to the monotherapy. More...
What are the different types of coronavirus tests? PCR, Lateral Flow, antibody, antigen tests explained
Sky News has looked at the different types of COVID-19 tests available. More...
Robust spike antibody responses and increased reactogenicity in seropositive individuals after a single dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine
“we show that the antibody response to the first vaccine dose in individuals with pre-existing immunity is equal to or even exceeds the titers found in naïve individuals after the second dose. More...
Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
“SARS-CoV-2 can mutate and evade immunity, with consequences for efficacy of emerging vaccines and antibody therapeutics. More...
Several San Diego gorillas recovering from COVID-19, zoo says
A troop of gorillas at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park is recovering from an outbreak of COVID-19 that sickened several of the group’s eight members, the zoo said in a news release on Monday. More...
“Escape mutations” could help SARS-CoV-2 evade immune attack
Researchers in the United States have identified mutations within severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – that can reduce antibody binding to the virus, potentially mediating its escape from immune attack. More...