Interferon Resistance of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Researchers compared the potency of 17 different human interferons against multiple viral lineages sampled during the course of the global outbreak, including ancestral and five major variants of concern that include the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, B.1.617.2, and B.1.1.529 lineages.