{
  "id": 786340,
  "title": "New spike map shows how SARS-CoV-2 variants dodge key antibodies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/new-spike-map-shows-how-sars-cov-2-variants-dodge-key-antibodies",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-spike-sars-cov-variants-dodge.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Antibodies are an important defense against SARS-CoV-2, but the virus continues to evolve ways to evade them. Now, researchers have mapped how antibodies target a key region of the virus's spike protein, how they neutralize the virus and how emerging variants escape them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}