Antibodies from COVID's original strain don't bind to variants: Study
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People infected with the original strain of the SARS-CoV2 virus that caused Covid-19 early during the pandemic outbreak produced a consistent antibody response, making two main groups of antibodies to bind to the spike protein on the virus's outer surface. However, those antibodies don't bind well to newer variants, finds a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications.