THE CONVERSATION: COVID vaccines: our current shots could soon be updated to target new variants – an immunology expert explains

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Period5 Jul 2022

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  • TitleCOVID vaccines: our current shots could soon be updated to target new variants – an immunology expert explains
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date5/07/22
    DescriptionMore than two years into the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to challenge us. Its ability to rapidly mutate has seen the evolution of increasingly infectious variants that are getting better at hiding from our immune response.

    Vaccines are a huge achievement of modern-day science and have played a crucial role in reducing the very worst impacts of COVID. But are the vaccines we currently have able to deal with the newest COVID variants?
    URLhttps://theconversation.com/covid-vaccines-our-current-shots-could-soon-be-updated-to-target-new-variants-an-immunology-expert-explains-185920
    PersonsSheena Cruickshank

Keywords

  • COVID-19