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  • Tldr: The AstraZeneca vaccine, which uses an adenovirus to smuggle instructions into human cells to make antibodies against the novel coronavirus, has saved countless lives. However, a tiny proportion of those vaccinated developed blood clots. This blood clot syndrome is known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). In people with this condition, something goes wrong with the immune response and people make antibodies that can stick to one of the body’s own proteins. Researchers believe that a variation of a gene that makes parts of antibodies is linked to VITT and this is more common in people of European descent .