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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants: Study – The Straits Times
A study indicated the vaccine was effective in neutralising virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the US drugmaker.
The not-yet peer reviewed study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated the vaccine was effective in neutralising virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.
The mutation could be…
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