Mapping the Structure of a Potent Antibody against the Coronavirus

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle led a team that employed high-brightness x-rays from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) to show that a potent antibody from a COVID-19 survivor interferes with a key feature on the surface of the coronavirus’s distinctive spikes and induces critical pieces of those spikes to break off in the process.