mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 mRNA vaccines have reduced neutralizing activity against the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIRB: Samples: At Emory University, collection and processing were performed under the University Institutional Review Board protocols #00045821, #00002061 and #00022371 at the Emory Hope Clinic and Emory Children’s Center.
    Consent: Naïve and non-naïve adults ≥18 years were enrolled if they met eligibility criteria for these umbrella protocols and provided informed consent.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Cells were incubated with an anti-SARS-CoV spike primary antibody directly conjugated to Alexaflour-647 (CR3022-AF647) for up to 4 hours at room temperature.
    anti-SARS-CoV spike
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Using VeroE6-TMPRSS cells, the B.1.1.529 variant was plaque purified directly from the nasal swab, propagated once in a 12-well plate, and expanded in a confluent T175 flask to generate a working stock.
    VeroE6-TMPRSS
    suggested: None
    The antibody-virus mixture was then added to VeroE6-TMPRSS2 cells and incubated at 37°C for 1 hour.
    VeroE6-TMPRSS2
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    The FRNT-50 titers were interpolated using a 4-parameter nonlinear regression in GraphPad Prism 9.2.0.
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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