Britain begins vaccine testing in humans; May be available in 5-6 months – Möckern24

New Delhi : The first in the UK, a trial on humans with the long-awaited novel coronavirus vaccine began on Wednesday. The vaccine, which has taken more than three months of research, is being developed by the Jenner Institute University at Oxford University.

Named ChAdOx1 nCoV – 19, the vaccine is made from a virus (ChAdOx1), a weakened version of a cold virus (adenovirus) that causes chimpanzee infections. It has been genetically modified so that it cannot grow in humans. According to an official publication by the Jenner Institute, the researchers hope that vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV – 09 can cause the body to recognize and develop an immune response to the spike protein that helps the SARS-CoV- 2 virus does not penetrate human cells and thus prevents infection. “

A BBC report said two volunteers were injected and they are the first of more than 800 people recruited to the study. A control vaccine was used for the trail to allow a comparison of the results. A report from IANS says that half of the volunteers will receive COVID 04 vaccine while the other half will be injected with the control vaccine, which protects against meningitis but not against coronavirus. The volunteers will not know which vaccine they will receive, and this information will only be obtained from doctors.

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Named as ChAdOx1 nCoV – 19 The vaccine consists of a virus (ChAdOx1), a weakened version of a cold virus (adenovirus) that causes chimpanzee infections.

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The Jenner Institute said in a statement that it needs to be assessed whether the vaccine works to protect against COVID –

the team statisticians compare the number of infections in the control group with the number of infections in the vaccinated group. However, the degree of community transmission within the community determines how quickly the numbers required for the study can be achieved. The statement clarifies that if transmission continues to be high in a few months, there may be enough data to determine whether the vaccine is working. However, if the transfer rates decrease, this can take up to 6 months.

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The Oxford University team is led by Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, who led the preclinical research. According to a PTI report, the UK government has donated nearly £ million to support the ChAdOx1 nCoV –

provided vaccination program. The report said that UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government will do everything it can to find the vaccine against the deadly virus.

While there is speculation that the vaccine will be available from In September 2020, the institute stated in its statement that this is a “best case scenario” and that the “best case timeframes are changing very ambitiously and thematically.”

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