Your immune system is as unique as your fingerprint – new study

By Albert J.R. Heck, Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University

Every person appears to have a unique immune system. My colleagues and I discovered this immune diversity after charting antibodies in the blood from healthy and sick people. The discovery could help explain why, for example, COVID vaccines appear to be less effective for some people. At the same time, it points to the possibility of identifying and retrieving particularly effective antibodies from individuals and using them to cure others.

In our daily life, our body is confronted and attacked…

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