INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE) How can we increase the efficacy of vaccines used to protect against viral respiratory diseases such as influenza and COVID-19? Scientists from Inserm, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université at the Center of Immunology Marseille-Luminy are opening up new prospects in the field, with the triggering...
Tag: <span>memory B cells</span>
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A fuzzy response from memory B cells can protect against mutant viruses
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Specialised memory cells found in our immune system play an important role in our ability to fight virus mutations such as those produced by the SARS-CoV2 virus, according to research at the University of Birmingham. So-called virus escape mutants are variants of a virus which are typically produced when the body’s immune...