High genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal neutralizing antibody escape

Re:High genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal neutralizin... by eightysixfour on Monday September 20, 2021 @04:54PM (#28598879)

Edited because a correction by another user helps to clarify - it is not about the 20 mutations (which they created a mutant spike will all 20 of them!) though, it is more about what was and was not effective in defendening against the mutant spike.

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Re:High genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal neutralizin... by hadlock on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:47PM (#28599430)

Coronaviruses are RNA viruses, so there's only a single copy of the genetic material, vs DNA with two copies. The result of RNA viruses is that they typically mutate at a much higher rate than DNA viruses. There are viruses that mutate faster than Coronaviruses, though.

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