Seattle volunteers who got shots in the first trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine are now getting the second shot — an indicator the early trial is progressing well.
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The vaccine, called mRNA-1273, was developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and at the Cambridge, Mass.-based biotechnology company Moderna, Inc.. The second shot, administered 28 days later, builds on that protection so the body can more rapidly produce antibodies if it is later exposed to the virus.
The experimental Moderna vaccine uses messenger RNA to get the body’s own cells to produce a protein found on the “spikes” on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus it uses to infect human cells.
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