This Saturday, “The Daily Express” reported that a team of researchers from Imperial College London, believes they are close to being able to develop a coronavirus vaccine after successfully testing it in mice.
The group led by the expert in mucosal infections and immunology Robin Shattock is currently working with colleagues in Paris to test the antidote in monkeys, so that, if the results are positive, they could proceed to experiment with it in humans in June and they would have a vaccine. within a year.
Researcher Paul McKay told the newspaper that he analyzed the results of injecting the vaccine into mice a month ago and says that “it works very, very well.”
“If we receive funding for human clinical trials, we will do it in June,” says the expert, adding that the idea would be for the antidote to be ready to administer to patients within one year.
Laboratories around the world collaborate and work against the clock to develop a coronavirus vaccine, although it is unlikely that there will be one to confront this first outbreak and it would be for the following ones.
COVID-19, the disease caused by this virus, has already caused more than 4,600 deaths, the majority in China, and 125,000 infections worldwide.
With information from UR
