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COVID vaccine pill that kills virus before it infects the body could be coming

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COVID vaccine pill that kills virus before it infects the body could be coming

There may soon be an option to take a pill rather than a vaccine to protect against COVID-19. A new paper in the journal Biology Methods and Protocols, published Wednesday by Oxford University Press, reported that researchers in Japan have developed a way to administer the COVID vaccine orally. The pill would allow for easier distribution … Read more

The coronavirus infects fat cells, study shows

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The coronavirus infects fat cells, study shows

Editor’s note: This article first ran on Dec. 9, 2021, after an earlier version of the study was posted to the preprint database bioRxiv (opens in new tab). The article was updated on Sept. 23, 2022 to reflect the new information contained in the peer-reviewed journal. The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 directly infects fat cells and specific … Read more