Nature Communications (May 2020)

A human monoclonal antibody blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • Chunyan Wang,
  • Wentao Li,
  • Dubravka Drabek,
  • Nisreen M. A. Okba,
  • Rien van Haperen,
  • Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,
  • Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld,
  • Bart L. Haagmans,
  • Frank Grosveld,
  • Berend-Jan Bosch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16256-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Vaccines and targeted therapeutics for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are currently lacking. Here, the authors report a human monoclonal antibody capable of neutralizing both authentic SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 by targeting a common epitope.