AstraZeneca, Oxford University team up to develop COVID-19 vaccine

British-Swedish Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has reportedly teamed up with University of Oxford to manufacture and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine that is being developed by London based university if in case treatment proves effective. first trial of vaccine begun last week at Oxford. As of w, COVID-19 pandemic has infected 165,221 and killed 26,097 people across British mainland. 

According to reports, scientists testing vaccine have claimed that data from testing could be available from University’s Jenner Institute as early as mid-June. However, y ded that successful development of vaccine would take a minimum of a year. 

Meanwhile, AstraZeneca‘s chief executive Pascal Aoriot while speaking to International media reporters said that need for a vaccine to defeat  COVID-19 pandemic was urgent. He ded that he hoped that by collaboration y could accelerate spre of vaccine and protect  people from “deliest pandemic of generation”

Vaccine trials continue

university on April 29 reportedly released new foot of blood tests being carried out on volunteers at ir clinical laboratories. According to reports, researchers at university gave injections to volunteers in a study that eventually aims to include hundreds in hopes of telling t only if vaccine is safe but if it works. Researchers created new vaccine by inserting genes for a spikey protein that studs outer surface of new coronavirus into ar, harmless virus.

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idea: immune system will spot foreign protein and make antibodies to fight it, primed to react quickly if person eventually is exposed to COVID-19.  Oxford University programme is first in UK to develop a possible vaccine for coronavirus. Dozens of vaccine candidates are in various sts of development around world. Experts have cautioned that even if early studies go well, it will be at least a year before any are available for widespre use.

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