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Literature update ViVa week 15-2026

1. Long COVID research needs patient peer review – not just patient quotes In a Lancet Infectious Diseases Comment, the authors argue that long COVID research systematically incorporates patient expertise via routine...

14 April, 2026

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Broad Immunity from Naturally Occurring Influenza Antibodies The findings indicate that broadly neutralizing human antibodies can target conserved epitopes in the HA head, not just the stem, broadening the conceptual...

19 March, 2026

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Game-changer in immunology:
T-cells proven to prevent viral infections without antibodies

T cells can independently prevent viral infections, challenging the dominance of antibodies in vaccine design. Future vaccines should aim to stimulate both T-cell and antibody responses for broader protection. Further...

14 January, 2025

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Scientists create antibody ‘cocktail’ to fight deadly Lassa virus

Antibodies are a crucial ingredient in preventing infection for a wide variety of viruses. Scientists are frequently looking for new antibodies that could help fight viral infections. One deadly virus, the Lassa virus...

11 April, 2023

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Malaria breakthrough set to change vaccine design

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a vital clue as to why malaria vaccines keep failing, which could potentially change how vaccines for the deadly disease and others are made...

24 July, 2020

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HIV vaccine that generates broadly neutralizing antibodies passes first safety and proof-of-concept study in humans

Scientists are engineering vaccines that turn cells into antibody factories The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2020) heard this week how scientists had, for the first time, devised a...

16 March, 2020

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Antibodies found which ‘neutralise’ Zika virus

European scientists announced they had found antibodies which attack Zika, a discovery they hope will pave the way for a protective vaccine against the brain-damaging virus. The antibodies — frontline soldiers in...

28 June, 2016

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Antibodies triggered by avian influenza virus vaccine illuminate a new path toward a universal flu vaccine

Diverse antibodies induced in humans by vaccination with an avian influenza virus vaccine may offer broader, more durable protection against multiple strains of influenza than today’s vaccines typically provide...

10 June, 2016

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Antibody infusions provide long-term defence against HIV-like infection

Specialized proteins can protect monkeys against the virus for months. The finding provides further evidence that antibodies — specialized proteins that the body produces to fight infections — could one day be used as a...

6 May, 2016

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Findings in humans provide encouraging foundation for upcoming AIDS vaccine clinical trial

Engineered vaccine protein binds key immune cells that exist in nearly everyone Some people infected with HIV naturally produce antibodies that effectively neutralize many strains of the rapidly mutating virus, and...

28 March, 2016

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