How COVID-19 Variants Outsmart the Immune System (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

How COVID-19 Variants Outsmart the Immune System

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Above: Cartoon model of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein showing the different regions (or domains) that are associated with known viral mutations and antibodies can recognize and attach to. These include areas involved in binding to human cells and in helping the virus fuse with them.

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Image credit: Feng, et al., Cell Systems.

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