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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
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A better understanding of how the Immune system responds to COVID-19 vaccInation could lead to more effective and
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Vaccines actlvate 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,
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which produce antibodles that fight off the virus, and T cells, which destroy
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After thls Initial response; levels of antlbodies In the bloodstream begin to
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fall. But some B and Tcells stay around to keep a "memory" of the virus and
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fight off future Infections. In order to optimlze future COVID-19 vaccines and
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predict when booster shots are needed, researchers have been working to
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