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Pfizer Vaccine Induces Immune Structures Key to Lasting Immunity
Pfizer Vaccine Induces Immune Structures Key to Lasting Immunity
In the armpit lymph nodes of people who had received the mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, researchers found germinal centers needed to generate long-lived antibody-making cells.
In the armpit lymph nodes of people who had received the mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, researchers found germinal centers needed to generate long-lived antibody-making cells.
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Some COVID-19 Patients Lack Key Structures for Antibody Creation
Katarina Zimmer | Aug 25, 2020 | 5 min read
An absence of germinal centers—which arise during infections to produce long-lived antibody-generating cells—might explain rapidly waning antibody levels in the disease.