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2021-01-08T06:43:50.695Z


A day after the prime minister announced the agreement with the drug giant, the company announced that a preliminary study conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Texas, indicated that the vaccine may work well against the new and more contagious strain of the virus, but the results are only partial


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Study: Pfizer's vaccine against corona is effective against the South African mutation

A day after the prime minister announced the agreement with the drug giant, the company announced that a preliminary study conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Texas, indicated that the vaccine may work well against the new and more contagious strain of the virus, but the results are only partial

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The Pfizer and Biontech corona vaccine is also effective against the South African mutation in the virus, according to a new study conducted by the pharmaceutical giant in collaboration with scientists from the University of Texas, whose initial results were published today (Friday).



The study, which has not yet been reviewed, indicated that the vaccine is effective in neutralizing the virus with the mutation of its "spike" protein, which may be more contagious.

Phil Dormitzer, a senior scientist at Pfizer, said the company feared a mutation could also cause the virus to "slip away" from the antibodies the vaccine produces.



Dormitzer further noted that the vaccine appears to be effective not only against the new South African strain, but also against 15 other mutations tested by the company.

"We have now tested 16 different mutations, and none of them really had a significant effect. This is the good news," he said, but clarified that "that does not mean the 17 do not."

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