Tackling variants with antibodies

Elizabeth H Aitken; Stephen J Rogerson

doi:10.7554/eLife.77751

eLife (Mar 2022)

Tackling variants with antibodies

Elizabeth H Aitken,
Stephen J Rogerson

Affiliations

Elizabeth H Aitken: ORCiD; Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Stephen J Rogerson: ORCiD; Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77751
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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Antibodies targeting the protein that causes placental malaria can recognise multiple variants of the protein, which may help guide the development of new vaccines to protect pregnant women from malaria.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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