“At the moment we have just put the vaccine that we’ve generated from these bacteria into mice.”
Researchers at Imperial College London said their ultimate goal was to have an effective and safe way of halting the SARS-like strain’s spread by the end of the year.
Scientists across the world are racing to develop a way to stamp out a new strain of a well-known virus that has been successfully combatted in the past. But coming up with a vaccine is a laborious process that usually involves years of animal testing and clinal trials on humans. “We’re hoping to be the first to get this particular vaccine into human clinical trials, and that perhaps is our personal goal,” McKay said.
The group was formed at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos to help drug companies and universities join forces and stamp out dangerous and preventable diseases.
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