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What the immune response to the coronavirus says about the prospects for a vaccine

Illustration of y-shaped antibodies responding to a spherical coronavirus particle

Immunologists are on the hunt for the antibodies (and B cells and T cells) that help to kill SARS-CoV-2 in the body. Credit: KTDesign/SPL

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Nature 585, 20-21 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02400-7

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  • Update 01 September 2020: This story has been updated to reflect an extra report of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, on 23 August.

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