Professor Katherine Kedzierska

Head, Human T cell Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

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The science behind the search for a COVID-19 vaccine

Unless a new treatment is discovered, developing a vaccine is crucial to controlling COVID-19. In this special report, our experts explain the complex challenge of creating, testing and distributing a potential vaccine to end the coronavirus

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Our ‘killer’ cells’ role in life-long flu vaccine

Killer immune cells that can fight all strains of influenza virus provide the potential for a universal, one-shot flu vaccine

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But I got my flu shot? Why the flu vaccine works for some and not others

New research has discovered why some people aren’t immune to the flu even after they’ve had the vaccination

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Working towards a one shot life-long flu vaccine

A University of Melbourne-led research team, headed by Katherine Kedzierska, has cracked the riddle of how flu-killing immunity cells memorise concealed influenza virus codes, and could lead to a one-shot flu jab for life