16-07-2020, 09:33
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Coronavirus
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c...8f2930e9ae48f6
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Coronavirus vaccine hopes raised by success of early trials
‘Thrilling’ results from Oxford-led group
Hopes for a successful Covid-19 vaccine have been boosted after two leading groups achieved positive early results.
In a phase-one trial involving about 1,000 British volunteers, a University of Oxford vaccine appears to have stimulated the desired response from the immune system, The Times understands.
The subjects are understood to have shown encouraging levels of neutralising antibodies, thought to be important in protecting against viral infection, and there were no serious side-effects.
The results also indicated that another aspect of the immune system, known as T-cells, was mobilised. The researchers have yet to prove that this combined immune response is enough to protect against infection but if it had not been found it would have been a setback. “The Oxford team are very much still in the fight,” a source said.
The Lancet medical journal confirmed last night that it would be publishing early-stage human trial data from the Oxford team on Monday.
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Astrazeneca, the drugmaker in a partnership with Oxford, cautioned that news on whether the university’s vaccine worked was unlikely before data was gathered from much larger trials towards the end of the year.
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