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CoVid19 Vaccine Development


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  • Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA has shipped first batches of its CoVid19 vaccine to be used for clinical testing in April.  This vaccine was developed using a cutting edge genetic method employing messengerRNA that codes for Coronavirus proteins.  The mRNA triggers lymph node production of immune cells that attack the virus.  It will require a year of trials and testing before we have a usable vaccine.
  • Other vaccines are in development: Novavax using spike protein as antigen; Sanofi Pasteur with work with US government; Takes and Evvivax in Italy.

 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30079-5/fulltext

 

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Dr. Howard Smith ReportsBy Howard G. Smith MD, AM