Moderna surges after experimental vaccine shows early promise
Second phase of trials with 600 patients to go ahead, and, if successful, the experimental vaccine will go up against the coronavirus in July
18 May 2020 - 16:55
New York — An experimental vaccine from the US biotechnology company Moderna showed signs that it can create an immune-system response to fend off the new coronavirus, offering tentative hopes in the global effort to combat the pandemic.
The results are just a sample from the small, first study designed to look at the safety of the shot in human volunteers, and should be viewed with caution. But they showed no major safety worries, a key first hurdle since a vaccine would be given to millions of otherwise healthy people...
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