《Nature,4月21日,The potential danger of suboptimal antibody responses in COVID-19》

  • 来源专题:COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者: zhangmin
  • 发布时间:2020-04-22
  • The potential danger of suboptimal antibody responses in COVID-19

    Akiko Iwasaki & Yexin Yang

    Nature Reviews Immunology (2020)

    There is a desperate need for effective therapies and vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 to mitigate the growing economic crisis that has ensued from societal lockdown. Vaccines are being developed at an unprecedented speed and are already in clinical trials, without preclinical testing for safety and efficacy. Yet, safety evaluation of candidate vaccines must not be overlooked.

  • 原文来源:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-0321-6
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