By Vivian Song Visitors to the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, danced side by side as part of a large experiment Koen Van Weel/ANP/AFP via Getty Images FOR a few hours on a Saturday afternoon in March, Simone van Erp did what, for much of the planet right now, would be unthinkable. She took… Read More »
An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according to interim results published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The ongoing Phase 1 trial is supported by the National Institute of… Read More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Unlisted German biotech firm CureVac will become the second company to launch human trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the country, Germany’s vaccines regulator said on Wednesday. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the watchdog, the Paul Ehrlich Institut, would approve testing on humans of the experimental vaccine. [L8N2DT5XC] Reporting by Ludwig… Read More »