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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…
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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