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Author(s) -
Susan K. Pierce
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2020.11.006
Subject(s) - biology , pathogen , immunity , immunological memory , immunology , disease , human pathogen , smallpox , virology , immune system , infectious disease (medical specialty) , vaccination , genetics , medicine , pathology , bacteria
All vaccines rely on the ability of B cells to remember pathogen infections and respond more vigorously upon reinfection. In this issue of Cell, Viant et al. address the real-world issue of protection against rapidly emerging pathogen variants and describe how memory B cells may anticipate infections by such variants.
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