Alessandro Sette joins TWiV to discuss the role of T cells in COVID-19, the finding that amino acid changes in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have a negligible impact on T cell reactivity in convalescent patients and vaccines, and whether a next generation vaccine should include more viral proteins than spike.
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Links for this episode
- Little impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on T cell reactivity (bioRxiv) 6:28, 25:13.
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- ASV hosts free COVID-19 Vaccine Education Town Halls (register here) 1:12:38.
- Letters read on TWiV 736 1:30:06.
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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