PROMISING VACCINE NEWS: The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in humans brought about an immune response in every person in the test and did not have significant side effects, researchers report.
Researchers also reported some side effects in the 45 people in the phase I study, but no significant safety issues, the news release says.
The vaccine is among hundreds being tested worldwide in an effort to halt the pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 worldwide. A researcher testing the vaccine called the results encouraging but cautioned more study is needed. “Importantly, the vaccine resulted in a robust immune response,” Evan Anderson, MD, principal investigator for the trial at Emory University, says in a. Emory and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute were the two sites for the study.
The company is already testing the vaccine in a larger group of people, known as a phase II trial. It plans to begin phase III trials in late July. Phase III trials involve testing the vaccine on an even larger group and are the final step before FDA approval.The study was led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.Moderna's vaccine uses messenger RNA, also called mRNA.
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