Explainer: T-cells stands on guard against Omicron as antibodies fail
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Dec 31, 2021, 14:26 (IST)
As the new Omicron variant is said to have mutations that may be helping it escape the body’s first line of defence, antibodies, studies have highlighted a bigger role that the immune system’s second line of defence, T-cells, may play. T cells, the body's weapon against virus-infected cells, were primed enough by vaccination that they defended against Omicron, separate studies have found.