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Medicine
fromNature
1 day ago

How some COVID vaccines triggered rare blood-clot disorder

A mutation in antibody-producing cells can make adenovirus-triggered antibodies attack platelet factor 4 (PF4), causing vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) in susceptible individuals.
Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

A Tragedy of Early COVID Has Finally Been Explained

Hard evidence shows adenovirus-vector AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines triggered rare, sometimes fatal VITT blood clots, informing safer vaccine design.
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