Bacterial-like vaccine cues could help extend immunity against evolving viruses

Bacterial-like vaccine cues could help extend immunity against evolving viruses

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer-lasting vaccines for respiratory viruses like influenza and the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The work, published March 25 in the journal Cell Reports, focuses on T cells, a type of immune cell that helps control infections by killing virus-infected cells. Unlike antibodies—the basis of most current vaccines, which can lose …