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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new variant found in SA, study finds – IOL

Researchers plan to run similar tests to see if the vaccine is effective against other mutations found in the UK and South African variants and hope to have more…

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By Reuters7h ago
By Michael Erman
NEW YORK – 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 the UK 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 neutralizing virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.

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