Is There a Correlation Between Antibodies and Immune Responses?

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The first result that's been published in a prepin is yet to be reviewed, but it will be looked at very avidly by miologists around the world. You saidtat there's likely to be more results coming out from other vaxian manufacturers. What do you see happening in the next couple of months when it comes to correlates o protection? It's a very good question. There are just lots of teams working on it right now.

Since the beginning oft he pandemic, researchers have searched for a biomarker which indicates immune protection from COVID-19 known as a correlate of protection. Now, the team developing the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have published the first results of their so-called 'breakthrough study' which indicated puts forwards thresholds of neutralising antibodies that they suggest correlate with protection. The hope is that, should these results be confirmed, such biomarkers could speed up the development of new vaccines, and provide better ways to monitor the efficacy of tweaked vaccine aimed at fighting variants.

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