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Virus evolution could undermine a COVID-19 vaccine – but this can be stopped

  • Written by Andrew Read, Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State
Virus evolution could undermine a COVID-19 vaccine – but this can be stoppedCould SARS-CoV-2 evolve to dodge the vaccine?Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Moment collection/Getty Images

The first drug against HIV brought dying patients back from the brink. But as excited doctors raced to get the miracle drug to new patients, the miracle melted away. In each and every patient, the drug only worked only for a while.

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