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An mRNA vaccine candidate for the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
2022-02-07
Abstract excerpt
The newly emerged Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contains more than 30 mutations on the spike protein, 15 of which are located within the receptor binding domain (RBD). Consequently, Omicron is able to extensively escape existing neutralizing antibodies and may therefore compromise the efficacy of current vaccines based on the original strain, highlighting the impor...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e38f4f73-6ee3-53e2-a659-f0a77f0e421a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.02.07.479348
