Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS – and a single shot blocked the virus for 7 week Moderna’s vaccine tricks the body into producing some of the viral proteins, which the immune system recognizes and builds a response against mice Researchers gave mice two intramuscular doses, one-microgram each, three … Read more
Hopes of getting a Covid-19 vaccine were raised today after Moderna’s experimental jab was proven to trigger an immune response in all 45 injected volunteers. Researchers also found the jab — one of the front-runners in the global coronavirus vaccine race — was safe and no participants suffered any serious side effects. But more than … Read more
Biotech firm Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has an ’80 to 90% chance’ of FDA approval, claims CEO as they head into the first large US human trial of 30,000 people in July Stephen Bancel, the CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, believes the company’s coronavirus vaccine has an 80% to 90% chance of being approved by the FDA … Read more
America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, said he is ‘cautiously optimistic’ that one of several coronavirus vaccines being developed in the US will work to prevent infection, and be ready in ‘a reasonable period of time.’ Speaking at a The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Health Conference on Tuesday, Dr Fauci said that he … Read more