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COVID-19 Immune response
COVID-19 immune response improves for months after
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Researchers showed that B cells evolve after COVID-19 vaccinatlon to help improve protection against SARS-CoV-2
over time;
A better understanding of how the Immune system responds to COVID-19 vaccInation could lead to more effective
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Vaccines are the best way to protect yourself agalnst COVID-19. They eliclt a
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Vaccines activate your bodys disease defense system, called the immune
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system: The response starts by engaging two kinds of Immune cells: B cells,
which produce antibodles that fight off the virus; and
cells, which destroy
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After this Initial response; levels of antibodies in the bloodstream begin to
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fall But some B and T cells stay around to keep
"memory" of the virus and
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fight off future Infections. In order to optimize future COVID-19 vaccines and
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predict when booster shots are needed, researchers have been working to
better understanding of these memory cells
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