In a recent study posted to bioRxiv*, researchers evaluated how angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression in target cells impacts neutralization. Study: Receptor binding domain (RBD) ...

Using pseudoviruses with single amino acid substitutions, researchers found that mutations in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reduce monoclonal antibody neutralization ...

In the absence of effective treatments for COVID-19, many countries have approved the therapeutic use of blood plasma from recovering patients because it contains antibodies against the coronavirus.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, generating new variants that arouse concern. Variants that were first detected in California (B.1.429 ...

Students learn how to define and write an equation for a neutralization reaction. Neutralization Reactions: Students learn how to define and write an equation for a neutralization reaction. The ...

The neutralizing activity of all serum samples was tested against the B.1.429 variant and a variant of concern that first emerged in South Africa (B.1.351, also called 20H/501Y.V2). We compared this ...