Britain backs COVID-19 immunity studies with US$11 million

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks by a mural of a medical worker in Manchester city centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , Manchester, Britain, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jason CairnduffLONDON: Britain said on Friday it will back three nationwide COVID-19 studies with 8.4 million pounds to fund research into understanding human immune responses to the pandemic coronavirus.

The funds, from UK Research and Innovation and the National Institute for Health Research, will help scientists develop better immunity tests, study the body's immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and understand why some people suffer life-threatening COVID-19 while others have mild or asymptomatic infections.READ: Cambridge university aims for autumn trials of COVID-19 vaccine after UK funding

"Together, it is hoped these studies will improve the treatment of patients and inform the development of vaccines and therapies," the funding bodies said in a joint statement. "Importantly, these studies will determine when and how immunity persists or whether people can become re-infected ." The funding will be split between the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium, which will get 6.5 million pounds to study how effective immunity is developed and why people respond differently to the disease, and another research collaboration which will get 1.5 million to study the humoral immune response - molecules produced by the immune system to fight infection.

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