Re: In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead - The New York Times

Posted by Roger Critchlow-2 on
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They have a leg up because they already tested a close relative of their vaccine for safety.  That's the first step in clinical trials, to prove that you do no harm.  So they've modified that already tested vaccine for the current pandemic and they're ready to go directly to efficacy trials.

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:15 PM <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi, all,

Can anybody explain the leg-up that Oxford group has because of their work on Malaria? 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-update-oxford.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

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