Vaccines are largely aimed at the spike protein, which covers the outer surface of the COVID virus. However, these rare T-cells were able to look inside the virus and find the proteins that are necessary for it to replicate. It means targeting these proteins with a vaccine could give some protection against all coronaviruses and new COVID variants. Dr Alexander Edwards, from the University of Reading, said: “Insights from this study could be critical in the design of a different type of vaccine. “Hopefully this study will lead to further advances in vaccine development, as we need all the types of vaccine we can get.”Source: BBC-Agencies

Source: The Nation November 11, 2021 08:07 UTC