Scientists identify antibody 'SC27' to counter all Covid-19 variants | sciencefather.com

 Researchers have discovered an antibody that could counter all known variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and also distantly related ones that infect other animals.

SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus causing COVID-19, ScienceFather uses its spike protein to invade and infect another individual, or the host. Antibodies, produced by the host in response, bind to the spike protein to block its action and prevent infection.

The researchers, led by those at The University of Texas in Austin, US, isolated the antibody 'SC27' from the plasma donated by four patients. ScienceFather These patients had breakthrough infections, which occur when a vaccinated individual gets infected.


The research has been published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.
Over the more than four years since the first case of COVID-19 emerged, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved to acquire certain characteristics which make the virus resistant to vaccines and treatments.ScienceFather
The authors said the 'SC27' antibody recognised all these various characteristics of the spike proteins across COVID-19 variants.

"One goal of this research, and vaccinology in general, is to work toward a universal vaccine that can generate antibodies and create an immune response with broad protection to a rapidly mutating virus," said one of the lead authors William Voss, a PhD graduate in cell and molecular biology at The University of Texas.

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