A pandemic-enabled comparison of discovery platforms demonstrates a naïve antibody library can match the best immune-sourced antibodies

oleh: Fortunato Ferrara, M. Frank Erasmus, Sara D’Angelo, Camila Leal-Lopes, André A. Teixeira, Alok Choudhary, William Honnen, David Calianese, Deli Huang, Linghan Peng, James E. Voss, David Nemazee, Dennis R. Burton, Abraham Pinter, Andrew R. M. Bradbury

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01

Deskripsi

The most potent neutralizing antibodies are typically generated from convalescent patients and immunized animals. Here, the authors show it is possible to generate highly potent human neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein directly from a semisynthetic naïve antibody library.