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| Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Early-Stage Study |
| 2020-05-19 |
| Mostly PR fluff. Still a snapshot of vaccine development. Expect massive Chinese hacking attemps. [Newsmax] Moderna Inc. said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed promise in a small early-stage trial, with the vaccine producing virus-neutralizing antibodies similar to that found in recovered patients. The company's vaccine is at the forefront of the efforts in developing a treatment for the fast-spreading virus and last week, won the U.S. health agency's "fast track" label to speed up the regulatory review. Moderna expects to start a larger late-stage trial in July. Eight patients who were administered Moderna's vaccine were found to have antibody levels similar to those in blood samples of people who have recovered from COVID-19, according to early results from the study conducted by the National Institutes of Health. All 45 participants in the study were given three different doses of the vaccine and Moderna said it saw dose-dependent increase in immunogenicity, the ability to provoke an immune response in the body. "We are investing to scale up manufacturing so we can maximize the number of doses we can produce to help protect as many people as we can from SARS-CoV-2," Moderna Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Bancel said. |
| Posted by:Elmath Thuter1871 |
| #4 It's a safe bet that the usual shoddy regard for intellectual property rights will be completely out the window in the case of a Chinavirus vaccine. It will be appropriated in classic marxist fashion "for the good of all mankind." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-05-19 11:08 |
| #3 They had a vaccine for the Hong Kong Flu in 4 months. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2020-05-19 00:44 |
| #2 Using this tablet is hard. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/popular-tesla-analyst-explains-why-investors-should-be-extremely-skeptical-moderna-and-its |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-19 00:14 |
| #1 And there's this You forgot to give your link a bit of text to hold on to, Clem : |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-19 00:13 |