Scientists at McMasterU who have developed an inhaled form of COVID vaccine have confirmed it can provide long-lasting protection against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern - via healthing_ca healthing news covid19 vaccine
Because inhaled vaccines target the lungs and upper airways where respiratory viruses first enter the body, they are far more effective at inducing a protective immune response, the researchers report.
“What we’ve discovered from many years’ research is that the vaccine delivered into the lung induces all-around protective respiratory mucosal immunity, a property that the injected vaccine is lacking,” Xing says.“We wanted, first and foremost, to design a vaccine that would work well against any variant,” explains the study’s co-lead author Matthew Miller, an associate professor at McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.
Both types of the new McMaster vaccine are effective against highly transmissible variants because they are designed to target three parts of the virus, including two that are highly conserved among coronaviruses and do not mutate as quickly as spike. All COVID vaccines currently approved in Canada target only the spike protein, which has shown a remarkable ability to mutate.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Covid-19: Four more Covid-related deaths and 433 in hospitalThe total number of deaths linked to the virus reported by Stormont's Department of Health is 3,170.
Weiterlesen »
Covid-19 Death Reports Begin to Drop as Omicron Surge Rapidly FadesCovid-19 deaths are starting to decline in the Northeast and Midwest but still rising in California, following similar trends for cases and hospitalizations
Weiterlesen »
Harris County at COVID-19 severe alert with 8 days until Houston Livestock Show and RodeoSome are ready, some are undecided and some have made up their mind that the spread of COVID-19 is going to keep them from the rodeo this year.
Weiterlesen »
Portugal drops most COVID-19 rules as Omicron ebbsAs an Omicron-fuelled wave of infections ebbs, Portugal said on Thursday it would drop most of its remaining coronavirus rules, including the requirement to show the COVID-19 digital pass to stay at hotels or a negative test to enter nightclubs.
Weiterlesen »
Texas hospitalizations decline, but COVID-19 deaths are still increasingThe Texas Tribune is using daily data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track coronavirus vaccinations, cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The state data comes from vaccine providers, city and county health departments, hospitals and laboratories. It may not represent all cases of the disease given limited testing.
Weiterlesen »