The Secret’s in the Spikes: Exploring Omicron’s Ability to Escape Antibodies

March 1, 2022

(Medical Xpress) – They found that the secret to antibody evasion is tucked away in the multiple mutations that pervade each of the viruses. Unlike its cousin variants, omicron is chock-full of mutations, more than any other SARS-CoV-2 variant that has so far caused waves of infection in the pandemic. Among the 59 mutations that characterize omicron, the majority are concentrated in the business end of the virus—the spike, the protein that unlocks human cells to initiate infection. (Read More)