by The Scripps Research Institute Macaque antibodies were shown to induce a much broader immune response against SARS-related viruses, including emerging variants, which could help with the development of new human vaccines. Human CC12.1 (purple) and macaque K398.22 (orange) antibodies bind to different regions of the receptor binding domain (RBD) on SARS-CoV-2 (white). Credit: Scripps Research...
by Samba Scientific In this study, which was published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology on September 30th, researchers used sequencing to characterize the immune system of patients who survive from COVID-19 infection from symptom onset through recovery. Importantly, they also identified a potent biomarker for predicting disease progression. Follow-up studies could lead to the development of a treatment...
By Dr. Tomislav Meštrović, MD, Ph.D A recent Israeli study points toward Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) as a potentially effective tool for acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on-the-spot detection by using swabs or saliva – addressing the community need for simple surveillance. The research titled ‘SARS-CoV-2 On-the-Spot Virus Detection Directly From Patients’...
A team of researchers at the Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, and collaborators report development of a rapid diagnostic assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in human blood. They report accurate detection with patient samples, with only 10 minutes to get a readout per blood sample. The new method is a lateral flow assay, much...
Global health policymakers have announced that they are investigating the emergence of a new virus — one very similar to the dangerous severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus — in Thailand and Japan, hinting at worries that it could spread farther. Cases of a new SARS-like virus have emerged in China and now in Thailand...
