Russia ‘tries to steal coronavirus vaccine’: US, UK and Canada accuse Moscow of sanctioning a wave of ‘despicable’ cyber raids on companies and universities involved in crucial research Western allies issue bombshell joint statement accusing Russia of cyber attacks UK, US and Canada claim Russia is trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research Security chiefs believe … Read more
Healthy people should be purposely infected with the coronavirus to speed up the development of a vaccine, according to a group of 100 leading experts that includes Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Controversial ‘challenge trials’ could rapidly accelerate studies on experimental jabs which are struggling to recruit volunteers because of falling Covid-19 infection rates, the group says. … Read more
Progress with a cancer treatment and brimming excitement about the prospect of a coronavirus vaccine breakthrough proved to be just the pill for traders yesterday. Pharmaceutical heavyweight Glaxosmithkline was on the up after an independent panel in the US encouraged regulators to approve the company’s experimental therapy for a common type of blood cancer. All … 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
Human trial for coronavirus vaccine starts in Queensland on 120 volunteers – and if successful it could be rolled out within months Vaccine has been created by University of Queensland scientists and CSL Some 120 volunteers in Herston, Brisbane will have the vaccine injected If successful, the vaccine could be rolled out to population in early … Read more
Covid-19 vaccine could be ready within a year if trials are successful, leading UK research scientist reveals Professor Robin Shattock leads a vaccine research team at Imperial College London He says a vaccine could be ready within a year is testing goes ‘really well’ 15 volunteers have tested the vaccine but up to 300 more … Read more
Why I became a virus ‘guinea pig’: Woman reveals the personal reason for devoting years to help vaccine study – as scientists warn we may end up needing several different jabs to ward off COVID-19 Linear Clinical Research running COVID-19 trial with a Chinese pharmaceutical Rachelle Kalic said her father’s Uber job loss motivated her … Read more
A coronavirus jab might not provide full immunity against the disease, the head of Britain’s vaccine task force warned today. Kate Bingham told MPs she was confident the world would have some form of Covid-19 vaccine by early 2021. But she said she was less optimistic that the jab could protect against catching the infection and … Read more
A jab against coronavirus should last for several years at least, said the British scientist whose own vaccine project is the global front-runner. Professor Sarah Gilbert told MPs she was optimistic that a vaccine would provide ‘a good duration of immunity’. She is the world-renowned expert leading an Oxford University team that is devising a … Read more
Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES greater than those seen in recovered patients, early data shows Researchers randomly gave 45 healthy volunteers either a low dose, a medium dose or a high dose of a coronavirus vaccine, or a placebo Those who received the vaccine were given two shots, except … Read more