MedPage Today November 15, 2024
— Long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow may hold the answer, says researcher
The inability of COVID vaccines to reach the long-lived plasma cell compartment in the bone marrow may explain their waning protection compared with vaccines for influenza or tetanus, according to a recent study published in Nature Medicine.
In this exclusive MedPage Today video, study author Frances Eun-Hyung Lee, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, discusses the findings and the implications for future research.
Following is a transcript of her remarks:
The COVID mRNA vaccines were introduced in 2021, and it’s really made a game changer for us to get out of the pandemic. But the one question is how long did those...
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