How to redesign COVID vaccines so they protect against variants (original) (raw)

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• 29 January 2021

Lineages that can evade immunity are spurring vaccine makers to explore ways to redesign their shots.

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• Heidi Ledford

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As evidence grows that new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can evade immunity produced by vaccines or previous infections, scientists are exploring the idea of redesigning the vaccines currently being rolled out worldwide.

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Nature 590, 15-16 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00241-6

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