Scientists race to develop Ebola vaccines

Scientists race to develop Ebola vaccines

The NewsScientists are racing to develop four Ebola vaccines to tackle the outbreak in DR Congo, two of which could be ready for clinical trials in two months, the head of a global vaccine coalition told Semafor.More than 500 cases of the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no proven vaccine, have been reported in the outbreak, which is concentrated in eastern DR Congo.Two of the experimental vaccines — one being developed by Oxford University…

Africa Races for Ebola Vaccine as Outbreak Outpaces Response

By John Musenze [KAMPALA, SciDev.Net] Researchers racing to develop a vaccine to fight the growing Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say doses could be ready for human testing within “two to three months”, while the more promising candidate could take up to nine months. International aid agencies have warned that response efforts are failing to keep pace with the spread of the outbreak, which the World Health Orga…

Scientists working to develop four Ebola vaccines to tackle outbreak in DR Congo

The head of a global vaccine coalition has said that scientists are working at high speed to develop four Ebola vaccines to tackle the outbreak in DR Congo.