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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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