Moderna, a drug manufacturer, is reporting early successes in a trial for a coronavirus vaccine that produces antibodies to fight the virus and give some immunity. Now it plans to increase its study from 45 participants to 600 — half over the age of 55.
A view of Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., earlier this month. Moderna is touting preliminary data from a limited coronavirus vaccine trial.A view of Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., earlier this month. Moderna is touting preliminary data from a limited coronavirus vaccine trial.A vaccine manufacturer is reporting preliminary data suggesting its COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and appears to be eliciting in test subjects the kind of immune response capable of preventing disease.
The company reports no serious side-effects; however, modest side-effects included redness at the injection site, headache, fever and flu-like symptoms, although none of these lasted more than a day. In addition to safety, the company also looked at the vaccine's ability to induce antibodies to the coronarvirus — what's known as its immunogenicity. It did, for all subjects at all dose levels. In addition, eight of the subjects were tested for the presence of neutralizing antibodies that prevent the virus from infecting cells in the laboratory. All eight did.
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