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Effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines wanes moderately over time, is lower against currently circulating variants
New research shows boosters targeting omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 are still providing reasonably durable protection against infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but are less protective against the JN.1 strain.
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HIV targeted with novel dual gene-editing approach
Gene-editing therapy aimed at two targets – HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, and CCR5, the co-receptor that helps the virus get into cells – can effectively eliminate HIV infection, new research shows.