Researchers Find SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Less Effective against Omicron
Researchers Find SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Less Effective against Omicron
The Daily Californian—Senior Investigator Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and collaborator Abdullah Syed, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Jennifer Doudna, explain how they discovered that antibodies against early versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus do not protect well against the now widespread and highly contagious Omicron variant, and recommend masking to avoid new infections.
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