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Wilton B Williams1, R Ryan Meyerhoff1, R J Edwards1

  • 1Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Cell
|May 21, 2021
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,HIV-1およびSARS-CoV-2のような多様な病原体を標的とするマカカの新型グリカン結合抗体 (Abs) を発見した. これらの天然の抗体は特定のB細胞集団から発生し,免疫反応に関する新しい洞察を提供します.

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