The first shots in the first vaccine trial for the new coronavirus were administered as a small group of volunteers in Seattle will receive varying doses over the next several weeks.
Coronavirus myths, debunked:The trial is to include 45 healthy adults ages 18-55 and last for approximately 6 weeks as volunteers will receive two shots about a month apart.
Developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and at the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., the experimental vaccine uses messenger RNA and"directs the body’s cells to express a virus protein that it is hoped will elicit a robust immune response," the institute said in a news release., were able to develop the COVID-19 experimental vaccine quickly once the genetic information for the new coronavirus became available.
Dr. Lisa Jackson, who is leading the study with Kaiser Permanente, told the Associated Press that her team is"subdued" as the trial gets underway. The potential vaccine is one of many being developed around the globe, and it could“We don’t know whether this vaccine will induce an immune response or whether it will be safe. That’s why we’re doing a trial,” Jackson told the Associated Press.
But,"going from not even knowing that this virus was out there … to have any vaccine" in testing in about two months is unprecedented, she added.
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