Professor Peter Doherty AC

Every one of us is at risk of being both a potential COVID-19 patient and virus vector, with about 20 per cent being ‘super spreaders’. Electing to be vaccinated fulfils a very basic responsibility to ourselves, our family and the community

What are the implications of reinfection for vaccines, antibody passports and herd immunity?

Last week we looked at a well-documented case of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. This patient remained asymptomatic following the second experience, which clearly boosted his immunity. But what does it tell us about protective immunity in SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 mutational ‘bar codes’ can be used both to track the sub-strains that are circulating in different geographical regions, and to test where the one individual has been infected sequentially with two distinct viruses

Antibody passports could be used to identify people who are vaccinated and are COVID-19 survivors. The body’s immune response helps guide which antibodies to look for in a ‘passport’

As scientists around the world continue to work on a COVID-19 vaccine – it’s important to understand how and why they work at a cellular level

This COVID-19 crisis is unlikely to be an isolated event, that’s why it’s important to start planning for the next pandemic

Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty updates us on the latest COVID-19 drug and vaccine research, and how best to prepare for the next pandemic

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