Is F@H targeting the new delta variant?

[pogue]

I haven't read anything new from F@H about it's Covid testing, so I was just wondering if it was targeting delta and the other new variants.

Thanks,
pogue

[jchodera]

We're still working on COVID-19 on multiple fronts!

You can read about some of our work with Vir Bio---who now has an FDA-approved broadly neutralizing antibody therapy, which appears to be active against the delta variant:

• Cell paper about escape mutations
• Nature paper on neutralizing antibodies

We're also still plowing full speed ahead with the final stages of discovery against the main viral protease as part of the COVID Moonshot, which should still be effective against variants since the variants don't have mutations in the main protease. We hope to have more news to share soon, but please follow the COVID Moonshot twitter account for the latest!

There are also a variety of other activities! You can read the latest in the Folding@home twitter feed and Folding@home blog posts.