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Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response

Results hint that dose stretching could help to address the world’s acute vaccine shortage.
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A little bit of coronavirus vaccine goes a long way towards generating lasting immunity.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01893-0

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