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18 April 2020

Will antibody tests for the coronavirus really change everything?

Touted as society’s way out of widespread lockdowns, scientists say the true potential of these rapidly developed tests is still unknown.

Smriti Mallapaty

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called them a ‘game changer’. Antibody tests have captured the world’s attention for their potential to help life return to normal by revealing who has been exposed, and might now be immune, to the new coronavirus.

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Nature 580, 571-572 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01115-z

Additional reporting by Elizabeth Gibney.

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