Hunt for rare resistance to SARS CoV-2
The global hunt for people with a rare genetic resistance to SARS CoV-2 infection and more reassuring research into Covid vaccination in pregnancy.
An International team of scientists has launched a global hunt for rare people who may be genetically resistant to SARS CoV-2 infection. Individuals who’ve been exposed to the virus living in families where everyone else in the household got infected, who repeatedly tested negative and didn’t mount an immune response. Claudia Hammond speaks to immunologist Evangelos Andreakos, part of the team at the Biomedical Research Foundation in Athens about this fascinating quest. And Claudia hears from Norway about more reassuring research into Covid vaccination in pregnancy.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Erika Wright
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The hunt for people resistant to Covid-19
Duration: 04:09
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- Wed 3 Nov 202120:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, Online & Europe and the Middle East only
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