UK scientists announced two breakthroughs in the war on Covid-19 — raising hopes of a vaccine before Christmas. Early trials of an Oxford University vaccine called ChAdOx1 show it is safe and trigg…
for the latest news & updatesA 'game-changing' drug has also been developed by a firm in Southampton could drastically cut the death rate among Covid-19 patientsHealth SecretaryThe data from research involving more than 1,000 healthy volunteers showsProfessor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said the trial result announcement was a “great day for British science.
Trials with 101 hospital patients found the inhaled drug, which uses an anti-viral protein called interferon beta, cut the need for intensive care treatment by 79 per cent.Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs the virus is now “on the back foot.”Further trials of the Oxford vaccine will now begin and officials want half a million volunteers to sign up to help.
Trial data showed volunteers made antibodies and T-cells, a type of white blood cell at the heart of the human immune system, to fight off coronavirus.Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford’s Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research at Oxford University, said the results were at the 'high end' of expectations
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