In a joint statement, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said that “the combination of viral vector vaccines and mRNA vaccines produces good levels of antibodies against the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) and a higher T-cell response than using the same vaccine …
Read More »Coronavirus A.30 variant ‘efficiently evades’ antibodies induced by Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccines – lab study
A team from Germany looked at the rare A.30 variant that was first recorded in Tanzania and later detected in several patients in Angola and Sweden this spring. They compared the mutation to the Beta and Eta variants. Beta was chosen because it has “the highest level” of resistance to …
Read More »Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine antibodies begin to fade 6 months after 2nd dose – study
A research paper published on Sunday found that only 16.9% of people who had received two doses of the Chinese vaccine two weeks apart, and 35.2% of those who had both jabs four weeks apart, still had antibodies above the neutralizing threshold six months after that second vaccine. While the …
Read More »Men make more Covid-19 antibodies and keep them for longer, study on asymptomatic carriers finds
Researchers tested 739 asymptomatic staff at Cardiff Metropolitan University in July 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic and again three months later. Antibody production forms the foundation of immunity, and yet it remains unclear what quantity of coronavirus antibodies are produced across the population, how long they last …
Read More »Half of UK population now have antibodies against Covid-19, new data from govt stats agency shows
Blood samples have revealed that by the week ending March 14, 54.7% of England’s population had developed antibodies, suggesting they have been infected or vaccinated. In Wales the figure was 50.5%, Northern Ireland, 49.3%, and Scotland, 42.6%, the ONS said in its infection survey report, published on Tuesday. The ONS …
Read More »Staff wanted, antibodies required: Russian elites increasingly demanding nannies & other personnel have immunity to Covid-19
Russia’s elites are increasingly seeking drivers and nannies with Covid-19 antibodies, according to research by YouDo, a company that links up clients with freelance staff – including those who work in the household. The data, first reported by RT in Russian, reveals that antibodies are becoming a much-sought after necessity …
Read More »Mission impossible: how to get a free test for antibodies in Moscow
May 27, Muscovites can take a free test for antibodies to the coronavirus in 30 clinics in the capital. Before this analysis could take only those who participated in the testing method of random sampling. It would seem that now all problems are solved.However, it turned out to give blood …
Read More »Developed antibodies that kill 99% of HIV strains
Scientists from the National Institute of health reported on the completion of research related to HIV in the early stages. Infectious disease specialists say about the successful development of antibody multi-purpose. It is already known that the human immunodeficiency virus, penetrating into the cell structure of human faces “defense” produced …
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