OHSU study revealed SARS-CoV-2 reacted to antibodies of virus from 2003 SARS outbreak
On Jan. 25, 2021, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced a new study demonstrated that antibodies generated by the novel coronavirus reacted to other strains of coronavirus and vice versa, according to research published in the journal Cell Reports.
However, antibodies generated by the SARS outbreak of 2003 had only limited effectiveness in neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Antibodies are blood proteins that are made by the immune system to protect against infection, in this case by a coronavirus.
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Source: Oregon Health & Science University
Credit: Photo: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a patient sample. Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
