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UPMC doctors in Pa. say they’ve developed a coronavirus vaccine
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:08 pm
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Doctors and researchers at UPMC in Pittsburgh said Thursday they have created a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and are seeking federal permission to begin testing it for safety.
They said they began working on it Jan. 21 and found mice had developed antibodies against COVID-19 about two weeks after receiving the vaccine. They said they based the vaccine on work previously done at UPMC that sought to create vaccines to protect against SARS and MERS, which they said are similar to the new coronavirus.
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National experts have been saying it will take 12-18 months until a vaccine to fight COVID-19 is available. The UPMC researchers said their timetable will depend on approvals and feedback from the federal government, and they don’t know how long it will take. However, they hope the need for the vaccine will lead to an “expedited” approval process.
They said they are ready to begin trials as soon as they receive government approval.
They further said their vaccine is one that is easily scalable to produce in large quantities. It also includes a unique delivery method in which hundreds of tiny needles are in a patch similar to a Band-Aid, with the needles, made of sugar and protein particles, dissolving into the skin to deliver the vaccine.
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Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:13 pm to WPBTiger
Seems like there are current treatments and potential vaccines all over the place for this life-stopping plague.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:14 pm to WPBTiger
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This post was edited on 1/12/21 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:14 pm to WPBTiger
There's like 10 companies that beat them to it.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:15 pm to WPBTiger
The Democrats will not be happy about this.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:15 pm to Jwho77
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Seems like there are current treatments and potential vaccines all over the place for this economy-stopping plague.
FIFY
This post was edited on 4/2/20 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:15 pm to tide06
Do you people think before you hit submit?
This virus isn’t just going away after the first major wave of cases.
This virus isn’t just going away after the first major wave of cases.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:16 pm to PsychTiger
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The Democrats will not be happy about this.
Must be who is down voting this post. Why would anyone down vote a potential vaccine?
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:24 pm to WPBTiger
It would be poetic. Salk was at UPitt as well.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:30 pm to Manzielathon
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Do you people think before you hit submit?
This virus isn’t just going away after the first major wave of cases.
No one on this board thinks. And they certainly don't understand basic Epidemiology.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:31 pm to WPBTiger
But muh human trials
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:43 pm to WPBTiger
UPMC is an amazing hosptial ... they saved my life! I have faith in them if they say they have something
Posted on 4/2/20 at 12:55 pm to Pendulum
quote:LINK???
There's like 10 companies that beat them to it.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 1:01 pm to WPBTiger
18 months? well........half the fricking population should be dead by then. 
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