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Immunocompromised population shown to react well to COVID-19 vaccine
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Immunocompromised population shown to react well to COVID-19 vaccine

by Hackensack Meridian Health Antibody responses based on diagnostic cohorts. Credit: Microbiology Spectrum (2024). DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02050-23First-year Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) student Elizabeth Titova leveraged her background in phlebotomy and scientific research to publish a new clinical study around COVID-19 vaccination in Microbiology Spectrum. In her study, Titova found that while naturally stronger in...

Study: Booster dose of mRNA COVID vaccine prompts strong T cell response in immunocompromised patients
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Study: Booster dose of mRNA COVID vaccine prompts strong T cell response in immunocompromised patients

by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress T cell responses to ancestral mRNA vaccine doses over time. (A) Gating on non-naïve/memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Numbers indicate the percentage of the previous gate. (B) Comparison of pre- and postbooster CD8+ to CD4+ net-frequency ratio in response to Omicron full spike with indicated fold changes. (C)...