Coronavirus- Phase-1 human trial of Oxford University vaccine to begin today

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                   So let me inform you about some positive news on coronavirus pandemic.

   The Oxford University will begin a Phase-1 clinical trial of its vaccine against the coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said during a daily press conference on April 22 ''The vaccine from the Oxford project will be trailled in people from this Thursday''

      

                The vaccine will be tested on 500 healthy volunteers aged between 15 and 55 years in the Thames valley region

       The reseacher plan to carry out mind-stage efficary trials of the vaccine. Vaccination with the spike protein is expected to stimulate an immune response, thus protecting against virus infection. The vaccine will comprise only one does and does not use a replicating virus, so it cannot cause an infection in the vaccinated person. Adenoviral vectors are a very well-studied vaccine type, having been used safely in many people, including HIV vaccine trials.

             Now talking about the project. The Oxford University project- led by Prof Sarah Gilbert, Prof Andrew Pollard, Prof Teresa Lambe, Dr Sandy Duglas and Prof Adrian Hill. They started working on a vaccine in early January shortly after China shared the genetic sequence of the coronavirus. The team had earlier devloped a vaccine  for Middle East REspiratory Syndrome, which has shown promise in early clinical trials.

  

 British Scientists are already manufacturing a million doses of the vaccine and this will be available by Septembet , even before trials prove whether the vaccine is safe and effective. 

  So let's hope for the best....... 

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