美国首例冠状病毒疫苗试验正在招募志愿者

美国首例冠状病毒疫苗试验正在招募志愿者

据新闻报道,西雅图的研究人员已经开始招募健康的志愿者参加一项试验性COVID-19疫苗的临床试验。

该疫苗是由生物技术公司Moderna Therapeutics开发的,

据《华尔街日报》报道,最初于2月24日被送往马里兰州的国家过敏和传染病研究所(NIAID)。

The agency

anticipates launching a clinical trial by the end of April and will sponsor the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute to conduct the testing, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci told The Wall Street Journal.

Forty-five healthy volunteers

between the ages of 18 and 55

will be enrolled in the initial trial, which aims to determine whether the vaccine triggers an immune response, and whether the given dose causes adverse side effects, according to a description on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/us-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-recruiting.html

Moderna

Announces Funding Award from CEPI to Accelerate Development of Messenger RNA (mRNA) Vaccine Against Novel Coronavirus |

Moderna, Inc.

https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-funding-award-cepi-accelerate-development/