Need for Speed: From Human SARS-CoV-2 Samples to Protective and Efficacious Antibodies in Weeks

MG Joyce; AK Wheatley; K Modjarrad

Journal article

Need for Speed: From Human SARS-CoV-2 Samples to Protective and Efficacious Antibodies in Weeks

MG Joyce, AK Wheatley, K Modjarrad

Cell | CELL PRESS | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.06.017

Abstract

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has driven a global research effort to identify medical countermeasures at an unprecedented pace. In this issue of Cell, Cao et al. identify thousands of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies from convalescent donors. The authors improve our understanding of immunity against the coronavirus spike glycoprotein and detail novel pathways to rapidly identify and characterize protective monoclonal antibodies.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Adam Wheatley Author

Related Projects (1)

RATIONAL DESIGN OF NOVEL VACCINES FOR THE CONTROL OF INFLUENZA B

Current influenza vaccines elicit poor protection against viruses undergoing rapid change. We will define the conserved sites of vulnerabili..

Grants

Awarded by U.S. Department of Defense

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by funding from the Defense Health Agency, USA, and through a cooperative agreement (W81XWH-07-2-0067) between the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, USA, and the US Department of Defense. A.K.W. is a NHMRC fellow and is funded by NHMRC project grant GNT1162760, Australia. The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting true views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.